Cruel? Is that a joke? In that case, as some Tieba users have argued, Kihara and Ito should be the top 2 here. Care to tell me Kihara's latest WR? She has lost ONLY ONCE to non-CNT players and non-teammates, Szocs to be specific (Kihara had the lead and game point in G4). Other than Hirano...
Then you are missing out here. WYD, nicknamed 皇迪/royal Di or privileged Di now, has lost the most against non-teammates, 7 times in this cycle, 5 of which to JNT players. Tieba users have been bashing WYD for months before WTTC 2024. CXT isn't all that better either, especially after putting...
Man, how many times have I read this reasoning? Hirano gave up on WS to focus on WD for Tokyo 2020 and she has been stuck in the top 20 for the entire Paris 2024 cycle.
Tieba users have discussed how the same thing has kept QTY from playing, who lost to SYS in the final at Singapore Smash...
Ever since the new world ranking was implemented in 1/2018, ITTF has started playing with the idea of NO separation by association.
Off the top of my head, WTT has always had a significant reduction of seeded players. AFAIK, they have never elaborated, but they did explain the increase of...
Why do you think they have increased the seeded players from 8 to 16 since Singapore Smash 2023? Yeah, it was 8 for a draw size of 64 for Singapore Smash 2022.
Why do you think I predicted this? How many times has it been now? A lower number of seeded players coupled with NO separation by...
For the first time, LSW goes over the painful period leading up to Tokyo 2020. She hopes her experience can serve as positive guidance for those in a similar situation.
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大家来点评一下奥运五个项目的危险排序吧 (Let’s comment on the danger ranking of the five Olympic events)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/8919172579
贴吧用户_JaCZAEG 女团早田一单的话,不危险
平野一单危险
中国不敢让莎女之外的人两盘单打,所以莎女锁一单,早田打不过莎女
平野/美和双右,又没有伊藤或木原这种双打中奇效的颗粒胶,上限不会高于上周期的石川/平野,但早田/美和就不一定了
对日本来说,早田美和双打,平野一单早田三单,最有冲击力,就看早田愿不愿意屈尊了...
MS/WS main draw out.
Hayata and Hirano, and Ito: WTT hates JPN...
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/jtta-selection-system-to-be-revamped-for-paris-2024.24977/post-446298
An in-depth interview from 2018/12/10 (3rd one below) has become the news again (with many people not being aware), in which LGL stated whoever is capable of being the top 2 and willing to play for the country then all the best.
乒协主席刘国梁开腔|还在学习当主席, 决不能低估日本对手 (Translation for this one)...
Yeah right, being in support of the opposition party means pro-Beijing now. So much for having the word democratic in its name. How is that any different from DPRK?
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