As posted during Saudi Smash 2024, only WTT GS main draw, WTT F, and WTT CS are mandatory events, and each player is entitled to 2 free withdrawals per year from ITTF events, and WTT GS qualifying draw, WTT SCT, CT and FEE events...
It's likely Huang Yi-Hua decided not to play instead.
https://wttwebcmsprod.blob.core.windows.net/technicaldocuments/WTT%20Series%20&%20Feeder%20Handbook%202024.pdf
Harimoto's interview with Spread after 1-3 CM at WTT CS Chongqing 2024.
「今日が1番良かった」張本美和、東京五輪金・陳夢相手に敗戦も手応え “反省材料”明かすも「戦術もすべて出し切った」【WTTチャンピオンズ 重慶】
https://spread-sports.jp/archives/276911
■The big match after defeating the top players from each country
Harimoto Miwa is facing Chen Meng, whom...
Harimoto's interview with Spread after 3-0 A. Diaz at WTT CS Chongqing 2024. Speak of the devil, Harimoto says without determination nothing can be achieved even if you are capable of it.
「相手のペースに飲み込まれた」張本美和、完勝劇の裏にあった“反省点” 東京五輪金の陳夢には「難しい場面でも1球1球を見極める」【WTTチャンピオンズ 重慶】...
Hirano's interview with Spread after 0-3 WMY at WTT CS Chongqing 2024. Hirano's short game in G1 actually got her quite a few points. She should've stuck to it in deuce, like Harimoto said when thinking back on his QF match against LJK at WTTC 2023. The path to victory has presented itself...
Hayata's interview with Spread after 3-0 B. Takahashi at WTT CS Chongqing 2024. Interesting take on the gap between her and SYS and CM.
早田ひな、中国選手との差について言及「孫穎莎選手と陳夢選手が10としたら……」 パリ五輪に向けて「新しい技に挑戦したい」【WTTチャンピオンズ 重慶】
https://spread-sports.jp/archives/276554
■This tournament where I may face Sun...
In a recent interview with Olympics, Hirano looks back on the selection race, Tokyo 2020, ATTC 2017, and World Cup 2016 etc.
What's interesting is that she mentions CIC and FTW who were the superior players at World Cup 2016 and those wins gave her the experience to play CNT players on an equal...
Here is another example from WTTC 2019, where Ito/Hayata lamented that they lost to WMY/SYS due to lack of luck. It was the first thing that came out of their mouths. They must envy so much Kihara/Nagasaki at WTGF 2019 and Kihara/Harimoto at Asian Games 2022...
Follow-up thought on WTT CT Rio de Janeiro 2024, Taiyuan 2024, Mendoza 2024, and WTT CS Chongqing 2024.
From the QoL perspective, this series of 4 events should've been much more enjoyable than it turned out to be. It's a total pain in the ass to follow, on top of navigating through that...
Man, these WTT officials are worse than flat-Earthers...
https://wttwebcmsprod.blob.core.windows.net/technicaldocuments/WTT%20Series%20&%20Feeder%20Handbook%202024.pdf
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/2024-wtt-contender-taiyuan-5-21-5-26.34008/post-460887
FZD:
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/mens-world-cup-2018.19291/post-246952
Tally:
Taylor Swift,
Timo Boll (refer to LGZ's comment),
And a girlfriend...
Posting here for future reference.
On the issue of luck [1, 2, 3, 4], here is the article titled "To Win Even When You're Unlucky 'Unyielding Super Mental Technique'" in which Mizutani "rants" on and on about how he is an extremely unlucky person and how he has a negative character. It's...
Moving the goalposts on me now? You folks really like straw man. Listen here, it's CM that proclaimed her era had come and LGL corrected her immediately.
I just came across another article in which Mizutani said he and Ito were lucky to win in XD at Tokyo 2020. Will post it later on. As...
A great example you picked there. CM actually bragged about her Olympic gold and LGL put her back in her place right away. He didn't say it explicitly but he implied she was lucky to have won at Tokyo 2020.
Here is another comment from Ito on luck back in 2019. At the start of Zennihon...
CNT will enter the month-long closed training session. Top 2 WS seeds secured by a wide margin.
Hirano in that poor form beat Shi Xunyao at WTT CT Taiyuan 2024 and those points are crucial, whereas Harimoto failed or perhaps she passed off the chance to Hirano instead?
Harimoto beating WYD at...
MS QF
F. Lebrun 2-3 QD (6, 3, -5, -10, -5)
Same verdict after WTT CS Chongqing 2024. BTW, Felix is roughly equal to/slightly ahead of QD in MT in the World after WTTC 2024.
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/19th-asian-games-hangzhou.31953/post-425870
Despite the score line, this was one of the better matches out of 15 tries against SYS, as it showed how Hayata used her brain more (FINALLY) when dealing with jet lag and exhaustion.
G1 Dumb Hayata
G2 Dumb Hayata
G3 Smart Hayata