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If you ask me, Kihara/Harimoto should play doubles. Hayata, Hirano and Harimoto should play janken pon to decide who will play singles. Then JTTA should play the reserve card like South Korea did at London 2012 and China at Tokyo 2020.

Speaking of the loophole in Hirano's game back then, Miyazaki went into detail with Butterfly in Part 41 of "Strengthening Front Line" in 1/2020 on the CNT's tactics against Hirano after ATTC 2017 and what Hirano worked on in response to that...

Even Ito acknowledges and credits Hirano for being the catalyst in an interview in 10/2021 with Table Tennis Kingdom (2 months after Tokyo 2020 and 1 month ahead of WTTC 2021). This fact is not widely recognized and should be pointed out whenever necessary. Hirano is the trailblazer. If not...

It's sad to see Hayata getting marooned here. It's not the first time. Ito marooned Hayata by skipping ATTC 2019. That has left a negative impression and therefore I was not surprised when she chose to opt out of WT of Asian Games 2022 and when she hinted at the possibility for Paris 2024...

Nagasaki withstood the pressure. Could be the first and last chance for either Kihara/Nagasaki and Sato/Hashimoto, so had to make the best of it. Kihara/Nagasaki also beat the 2 pairs from Miki House. With WTT Finals Women Nagoya 2023 and now Zennihon Takkyu 2024, Kihara/Nagasaki is...

Ito is often credited (even in China) for forcing the replacement of DN/LSW/ZYL but it's Hirano who started it all at ATTC 2017. 3/4 of the young players assigned to imitate Hirano for WTTC 2017 have made it as the current crop of core players - SYS, WMY and CXT. They are the new blood that is...

XD F Tanigaki/Okada 0-1 -> 1-1 -> 1-3 Shinozuka/Kihara 53?, 57, 58, 68, 78 epic BH from Tanigaki, 98, 99, 109, 1010, 1110, 1111, 1211, 1214 95, 96, 116 02 slight net for Kihara, 22, 23, 33, 34, 74, 76, 86, 810, 910, 911 03 TO for Tanigaki/Okada, 13, 15, 35, 36, 46, 49, 59, 510, 1010, 1012 OKADA...

MD SF Harimoto/Morizono 3-1 Oshima/Tazoe G4 31 epic point from Morizono Former partner turned opponent... 小林 広夢 KOBAYASHI Hiromu/伊藤 礼博 ITO Ayahiro? 1-2 -> 3-2 Oikawa/Matsushima G5 20, TO for Oikawa/Matsushima, 30, 31, 51, 53, 63, 65, 75, 76, 86, 87, 117 WD SF Kihara/Nagasaki 3-0 Shibata/Odo...

AFAIK, she hasn't touched on that, let alone Matsuzaki.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fmytabletennis.net%2Fforum%2Fzennihon-takkyu-2024-1-2228_topic91479_page7.html (08/14/2022 at 10:45am) Even their characters are alike. No wonder Hirano said once she wanted to play XD with ZJK. Hirano needs a coach like LGL...

Ironically, that's what makes him dangerous when he is in form. You can judge his form just from that.

Dug it up. It was at the Oath Ceremony before WTTC 2023. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fmytabletennis.net%2Fforum%2Ftopic91479_page28.html (05/27/2023 at 5:55am)

Ito is also unique in the way she has never won any continental titles or medals other than the Asian Cup 2022 silver and ATTC 2024 bronze (both without getting past a single CNT player). If not for her Tokyo 2020 bronze, she would rank even lower than Fukuhara and Ishikawa in singles...

Deja vu... Zennoh Cup Osaka 5-8th Hirano 4-0 Ito 5-6th Hirano 3-4 Odo Zennihon Takkyu 2024 R16 Hirano 4-0 Odo QF Hirano 3-4 Akae

QF Akae 0-1 -> 2-1 -> 2-2 -> 3-2 -> 3-3 -> 4-3 Hirano 311 115 116 72?, 79, 89, 810, 1110, 1112, 1312, 1313, 1413, 1416 50, 51, 61, 62 dead net for Hirano, 63, 83, 84, 114 Hirano served into the net 02, 22, 25, 35, 310, 410, 411 01, 31, 36 TO for Akae, 76 TO for Hirano, 86, 88, 98, 99, 119...

Ito has actually said that winning a medal at the WTTC is more difficult (IIRC it was after Hayata getting bronze at WTTC 2023).

She hasn't explicitly stated that but she kept saying her goal was to play singles... She first hinted at not playing WT back in 7/2023 after losing 0-4 to Hayata in the final of Zennoh Cup Tokyo. As for quitting, she first talked about it back in late 7/2022 after WTT CT Zagreb 2022...

平野美宇「自分を褒めたい」初のシングルス五輪代表つかむ ! 伊藤美誠は16強で無念の敗退【全日本卓球】 https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/963712 After the match, Hirano smiled and said, "I'm honestly happy," and expressed his joy at winning the singles national team, saying, "At the Tokyo Olympics, I won the All Japan Championships and won...

平野早矢香氏が指摘、残り１枚シングルスのパリ五輪切符を狙う平野美宇と伊藤美誠の対照的な戦略とは https://hochi.news/articles/20240125-OHT1T51203.html?page=1 For Hirano and Ito, each match will be a battle. The composition is that the players take on the challenge with the simple feeling of giving their best against two athletes with the...

伊藤美誠、満身創痍「たどり着かなかった」と悔し涙　引退か、続行か…揺れる心情明かす【全日本卓球】 https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/843921?rct=othersports 　"I was careful not to recur the pain in my lower back, but it was coming to my body, it was coming to my buttocks, and I was trying my best to get over it, but I couldn't get there," she...