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WS R4/R64 Hirano 2-0 -> 2-1 -> 3-1 -> 4-3 Mende (Locker room tactics after G6 did it) Ito 1-0 -> 1-2 -> 3-2 -> 4-3 Nomura Both of them were under immense pressure to succeed (winning all the way). That is what Hayata has not displayed to this day.

Due to the pandemic, 2021 also had 3 singles rounds on the same day and IIRC Harimoto et. al. mentioned it had a negative impact on their stamina. What's new for 2024 is the different and tighter scheduling for JBS/JGS/MD/WD/XD. Those events used to have the early rounds more spread out. Now...

I guess Uda couldn't get his back and condition in shape in time. https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/ittf-mixed-team-world-cup-2023-chengdu-12-4-10.31810/post-431821

Harimoto says he is aiming for 2 titles here, that anything else for singles is equal to R64. He also comments on Miwa's JGS title, WTT CT Doha 2024, his technique (something was different), and the Olympics. He says it would've been more beneficial for Miwa to win under pressure instead. He...

Hirano does what Ito doesn't and bears the blame. Last time Togami/Uda representing for Meiji University together. Both players thank the other while thinking about their future affiliations. 波乱！ 張本美和／平野美宇、マッチポイントを奪いながら5回戦で敗れる https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/152715

WD R5 Aso/Sasao 2-0 -> 3-2 Harimoto/Hirano G1 13, 68, 88, 119? 1210 G2 107, 1010, 1210 Hirano has been doing very well from WD R4 (must've spent a lot of time), while Harimoto is dropping tons of points here (slow to start and can't keep up in pace). G3 18, 28, 211 G4 02, 12, 13, 23, 25, 45, 47...

And Yuna had arguably better WS results than Miwa before 2023. She was just 1 game away from reaching WS R5/R32 in 2022 (3-1 -> 3-4 TAKAHASHI Azumi). OTOH, Harimoto never reached the barrier of WS R4/R64, having only reached WS R3/R128 only once and on her first try, and has had the privilege...

Has been that way for a long time. Bo5 for MS/WS before main draw (R64), MD/WD/XD and JBS/JGS throughout. Bo7 for MS/WS from main draw onward.

WS R3 Ojio Y. 2-3 Nomura One potential threat to Ito neutralized. Yuna succumbs to the curse of winning 4 titles (U15 GS/GD/XD/GT) at WYC 2023, unlike Harimoto?

1/24 WS R2 1240 Japan Standard Time 2206 T7 Shibata 2216 T17 Kakeya 2221 T23 Akae 1315 2223 T1 Ojio H. 2231 T10 Mende 2241 T20 Ojio Y. 2243 T23 Takamori 1350 2245 T1 Kimura 2247 T4 HIRANO Ako (Hirano's younger sister) 2250 T7 SHIOMI Maki 2255 T8 MATSUSHIMA Miku 2257 T14 Aso 2264 T21 Tsukasa WS...

Zennihon Takkyu 2024 is tied in with Paris 2024, which will be the last leg for this 3-year-long thread.

https://www.japantabletennis.com/AJ/result2023/viewList.cgi?name=%BE%BE%C5%E7%20%B5%B1%B6%F5 6th time is the charm since 2019. 4 times in the final for Matsushima (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024).

Zennihon Takkyu 2024 JGS R16 Aoki 1-3 遊佐美月/YUSA Mizuki Ojio 2-3 Takeya JGS QF Takamori lost 7 points in a row from 7:4 to 7:11 against 上澤杏音/UESAWA Anne in G5 after coming back strong from 1-2. Calling TO at 7:5 instead of 7:6 might've been better in retrospect. Had gamepoint in G3 after...

Did you really live in Japan?

Ahem, care to look up their results at Harimoto's age? Harimoto blows them both out of the water. Waldner didn't get past the CNT players until he was 21.3 years old to reach the MS F of WTTC 1987. He didn't get 2 points off of China until he was 23.5 years old in the MT F of WTTC 1989...

卓球五輪争い、優勝なら１２０ポイントの全日本で決着…平野美宇「絶対自分」伊藤美誠「諦めない」 https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/olympic/2024/20240119-OYT1T50280/ "There has never been a Zennihon where so much is at stake," says Hirano Miu (Kinoshita Group), and the country's best tournament is attracting more attention than usual. (Kentaro Sugino)...

TV Tokyo has been following Harimoto in Doha. Harimoto says even if he couldn't win the Zennihon, as long as he gets a medal at Paris 2024, that'd be fine. Nothing is more important than the Olympics. 張本智和「全日本が取れなくても、五輪が取れればいい。何よりも重要なのがオリンピック」...

Hayata's interview with TV Asahi in TV program Hodo Station. 卓球・早田ひな　目標はテニス界のレジェンド　秘訣は“ひな語”「体が勝手に…」 https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_sports/articles/900001259.html

It seems to me Harimoto tried something different after G5, opposite to what he did last week at WTT SCT Doha. Need to watch again later to verify.

From the points that I could see, Boll didn't hit as much to Harimoto's middle as others did.