Ah, those were the days...
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/darko-jorgic-best-backhand-ever.22849/post-305389
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/darko-jorgic-best-backhand-ever.22849/post-305431
With this and WTT SCT Goa 2024, I'm starting to think Alexis should not play...
Ever since WTTC 1993 implemented the New Swaythling Cup System (bo5, 5 singles), there have been 4 players ONLY (3 men and 1 woman) who got 2 points off of China in the team event:
WTTC 1995 MT F Jan-Ove Waldner (29.6 years old)
WTTC 2000 MT F Jorgen Persson (33.8 years old)
WTTC 2010 WT F Feng...
Harimoto's post-match interview. Says he didn't win on his own, but that he had the blessing of kami-sama. He says he didn't know he saved 8 matchpoints and thought he could've endured 3 or 4 at most. He stresses that he and Togami are equals and either party could've won depending on the day...
Hmm, you gotta cite a source for the "very confident" part. The most I've seen him say is "the target is 2 gold at Tokyo 2020" since 2018.
「東京五輪『金』2つ取る」張本誓う 全日本卓球V
ベテラン水谷破り王者に
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO25966220S8A120C1CC1000/
【動画あり】張本智和「東京五輪、2つの金が目標」【卓球・Tリーグ開幕直前インタビュー#2】
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First-ever title for CIC (never won any, not only WTT but also ITTF events)
https://weibo.com/5856892718/NE3AW7JeQ
Better than nothing.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fmytabletennis.net%2Fforum%2Fwtt-star-contender-goa-2023-2-273-5_topic92798_page6.html...
Dr. Hans Persson claimed in a 2022 podcast that ESN had a market share of 50% (supplying millions of rubbers) but they were in survival mode during COVID-19. That shows how fragile they really are.
ESN has been diversifying their business model since 2023, tapping into the AI market with...
If you haven't followed geopolitics, then you should now. ESN is in fact in an extremely fragile position. Russia was among their biggest European markets.
The prices of ESN rubbers have increased in recent years to the point that they are no longer competitive. Just read up on the...
Yet, Hayata told the media during Zennihon Takkyu 2024 that it took her everything to look after her own and could hardly care about others.
So yes, you're living in a bubble.
早田ひな「なんで2枠しかないの?」平野美宇VS伊藤美誠の壮絶五輪代表争い決着で率直な思い吐露「残酷」「卓球人生の面白さ」
https://www.daily.co.jp/general/2024/01/27/0017268023.shtml
Blow past her competition? Ito is the first one to disagree. Out of all the trials, how many 7 gamers did Hayata accrue? How many times did Ito fall before she could meet Hayata?
Race to Paris H2H
Hayata 1-2 Ito
Hayata 3-1 Hirano
Hirano 3-1 Ito
Reality
Lion Cup 2022
QF Ito 2-4 Nagasaki (Ito...
Harimoto is good in WD/XD, even better than Hayata if you ask me.
Hirano/Harimoto, even though the pair doesn't work, is gonna be the priority pair. Hayata forgoing WD is the signal that she will play 2 singles.
It's been dead clear for several months now, ever since they fielded Harimoto in...
Many recent Tieba comments (especially after Zennihon Takkyu 2024) have pointed out the hype for Miwa has been overblown, that not only she doesn't have the results of her brother, but also her mental resilience is simply incomparable, using 9:5 to 9:11 in G1 against Hayata as the latest...
You sure? Love for Kihara means hate for Hayata. As the latest Tieba comments show, Hayata's appeal is slowly but surely eroding away.
I warned about this at the start of the race in 2022...
Mizutani comments on Ito in the Morning Show on 1/29, noting how he's felt Ito changed, that Ito's image of defeating strong players has faded.
東京五輪金の水谷隼氏、パリ個人代表逃した“元相棒”伊藤美誠の苦悩を指摘「本人も言ってたんですけど…」
https://hochi.news/articles/20240129-OHT1T51040.html?page=1
Needless to say, Ito's comment...
Miyazaki: Hold my beer.
Harimoto's dad: Ditto.
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/jtta-selection-system-to-be-revamped-for-paris-2024.24977/post-441799
Miyazaki: I think it's Harimoto Miwa-san
Smart
Table tennis is about connecting what you're good at with what your opponent is...
Daily Shincho quotes the opinion of a table tennis watcher, criticizing Ito's comment on the WT.
女子卓球“団体3枠目”は15歳「張本美和」に決まるのか? 大魔王「伊藤美誠」が勝てなくなった根本的な理由
https://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2024/01301700/?all=1
https://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2024/01301700/?all=1&page=2
Losing sight of her...
As usual, Ito Jota has a problem with Miyazaki's "announcement".
【卓球】パリ五輪選考 決定前に「3人目は○○」あまりにも異常な発言。こんなことが許されるのか。
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/b0a7f6fae3618561a2b08d5b9d1aa8750318392c
Miyazaki "announced" the 3rd member for WT in Going! Sports & News that aired on 2024/01/27.
Full album - [url unfurl=false]https://imgur.com/a/EUs71Zr[/url]
Miyzaki: Now that Japan has Hayata and Hirano, anyone else can be picked and the silver medal will be secured, we will reach the...