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Laughable. Ito's mom said on TV that she told Ito it was fine to quit if playing table tennis hurt so much. JJH said her boyfriend had told her to quit for years. Over at 5ch, Tieba, Douban and PTT, it's a blessing when players are urged to quit, considering some 5ch users would even tell...

As hinted by JTTA before, Zennihon Takkyu 2025 to be the first edition where singles and doubles events are held separately. Singles first and doubles the week after. 初の単複分離開催、2025年全日本選手権一般・ジュニアの部およびダブルスの部の競技日程が発表 https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/216313 天皇杯・皇后杯...

Ito didn't even get to play the Olympics. Chances are she would've crashed out even earlier. For WT, Hayata was unreliable as I kept pointing out after WTTC 2022 and Miwa was immature as I kept pointing out after WTTC 2024 and who was it that carried the team to the final? So your point...

As Mizutani said about gamesmanship when competing overseas, players still complained even if they could see the contact as a way to get you to play into their hands. He even named Michael Maze for his fits that he took to heart at first. At the end of the day, Moregard and Lind are also...

As pointed out by Tieba users, Hirano has a game that counters CM. You never know. Hirano managed to get a 7:1 lead over SYS.

As dissected before, Hirano turned her focus to the selection trials and beating top 3 CNT players starting 2023. And as blogger Kappa has pointed out recently after a review of playing schedules for Hayata, Ito and Hirano in 2022 and 2023, the higher your WR the easier time you have in the WTT...

Hirano was far from her best as I've noted before (1, 2). The H2H before Paris 2024 also suggested SYB would have an easier time playing Hirano (1W1L, previous match at Asian Games 2022) than Hayata (4W0L, previous match at World Cup 2024) and Ito (2W0L, previous match at TWC 2019, so less...

KOR is not improving. It's JPN that's gotten weaker. KOR's level has always been there but fluctuating. Their problem has always been one of management. Political infighting over the selection system has been the root cause for stagnation. This is the most harmonious and unified KNT in 2...

This is no laughing matter. Time is flying for them. They have roughly 3 to 5 years on average left to achieve their aspirations. They are about to peak physically, and things will get harder and harder after 25, when their odds will be in slow decline, so a chance not taken is an opportunity...

Until you look beyond that. Ito seemingly played better than the others when it mattered the least. For Singapore Smash 2024, Saudi Smash 2024 and now China Smash 2024, she had nothing to lose, unlike Hayata and Hirano who had to keep up the training/playing intensity for Paris 2024 after WTTC...

Wang Chao actually said otherwise, specifically naming Moregard and the Lebrun brothers. See below. The problem for Felix is that he's missing those extra years that Harimoto, Moregard and Alexis had before they got the full attention of the CNT. Compare to Harimoto, Moregard and Alexis...

China Smash 2024 Table Tennis Kingdom thinks (yeah, presumably and subjectively like for Miwa's case, which is rare) Hirano's loss was connected to her knee brace, noting her dull movement. チャイナスマッシュ。平野美宇は韓国期待の19歳、金娜英にフルゲームで敗れる https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/216152...

WS R16 Kim Nayeong 2-3 Ito (-7, 6, 6, -7, -9) G1 711 G2 74, 104, 106, 116 G3 10 Ito killed hersefl on serve, 20, 23, 53, 54, 64, 75, 85, 96, 116 G4 01, 11, 13, 33 TO for Ito, 36, 46, 47, 77, 711 slight corner edge G5 01, 31, 32, 52, 54 slight net for Ito and TO for KNY, 64, 65, 85 slight mishit...

Moregard: You haven't seen enough. As Mizutani mentioned (in the above link), European players are notorious for their gamesmanship.

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What if KOR went with SYB and SHW for WS, and SHW for 2 singles with SYB/JJH for doubles in WT? This lineup could've gotten 4th in WS and bronze in WT as well. Hashimoto/Sato: 豺狼當道！ 2024/5/30 https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/wtt-champions-chongqing-2024.34066/post-461543...

Kim Kyungah: It looks like I've been underestimated. KKA first retired at the end of 2012 and came out of retirement in 2016 to try for Tokyo 2020 before retiring again at the end of 2017. Less than 2 months from turning 35 WTTC 2012 WT QF M5 Ishikawa 2-3 Kim Kyungah (-9, 8, -9, 8, -12) [url...

Lind's victory made top 5 at 微博热搜/Weibo Hot Search. Learn Chinese next and he will become Viktor Axelsen. Beside the weight of 太子妈/Prince's Mother, he's going to feel the brunt of the CNT. An honor that he can brag for the rest of his life. 4 WCQ crashes out in R32 at China Smash 8 WCQ 1-3...

Ahem, look up his name and practically all the posts are by me. The ones made after his return to KOR are lost over at MyTT. I've been mentioning him when he was still unknown. p.s. Look what happened last time when I raised the prospect of injury.

The answer has been there all along.