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The premise of this thread sounds like Boll and Ovtcharov in the "Timo Boll & Dima Ovtcharov TBW Live" where they said Harimoto was not as talented as WCQ and LYJ but his mental strength could make him a World Champion one day. Below are the cold hard facts. Keep in mind Harimoto is the...

Count me in. His timing of timeout has gotten better since last year or so, but then there is something inherent with the culture or structure of JTTA, say, sponsorships that he cannot overcome (e.g. limited power over the players and hence player development such as play style). In part 3 of...

LYJ vs Tanaka 02, 52, 53, 63, 74, 75, 85, 116 20, 22, 46, 56 TO for JPN, 66, 67, 97, 98, 118 11, 21, 22, 32, 33, 83, 86, 96, 97, 117 LYJ: Thanks for taking out WCQ and LJH, my 2 nemeses. I owe you two.

Tanaka: I didn't reach the final at Zennoh Cup Funabashi in November last year for nothing.

Tanaka through to the QF. He deserves a medal.

WCT 3-2 JWJ (-9, -17, 2, 9, 10) G5 20, 23, 33, 35, 55, 56, 76, 78, 88, 89, 99, 910, 1210 LJH vs Tanaka 01, 11, 15, 25, 26, 76, 77, 97, 99, 109, 1012 40, 41, 44, 74, 76 TO for KOR, 77, 107, 1010, 1210 10, 14 corner edge for Tanaka, 24, 26, 56 TO for JPN, 58, 68, 69, 79, 710, 910, 911 01, 21, 23...

Yes, Mizutani even specifically pointed out the issues of Togami, namely going "bam bam" with his receiving that leads to unforced errors, especially his over-reliance on the chiquita and his inability to correct, that being a world's top player is totally different from being a Japan's top...

Yes to having the most balanced FH and BH. That's an interesting development. Looking back on my comments from 2017/2018, Tanaka and Togami were actually BH-oriented players just like Harimoto. The fact that Tanaka has 1 WTT title out of 1 final in 2023 and Shinozuka has 2 out of 2 in 2022...

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/26th-asian-table-tennis-championship.31859/post-422750 Tanaka: Fixed that for you. Win rate never lies (when done right). 23WK33 MS

WCQ had already given us a heads-up upon arrival. http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=93247&PID=1144355&title=team-chinas-race-to-paris-2024-singles#1144355 99% 100%

WS R64 Lee Eunhye 1-3 Hayata (17, -9, -8, -7) LEH had the lead until the endgame in G2 (I think 9:7 to 9:11) and G3, and kept the score close in G4. This scenario is what I've been anxious about Hayata, that is, "we simply have no idea how Hayata would perform under extreme pressure to...

MS R64 Noroozi vs Harimoto 114 711 114 63 TO for JPN , 73, 76 TO for IRI, 86, 87, 107, 109, 119

I think back in 2019, many Tieba users and some 5ch users seriously thought Harimoto, Niwa and Matsushima would complete the lineup for Paris 2024. Uda, Togami and Shinozuka were nobodies at that point, so those folks have had high expectations for Matsushima for several years now. If Harimoto...

Mizutani: If XX were still playing... LOL 2023 alone is too small a data point to project how Matsushima will fare in senior events, given that Shinozuka, Togami and Uda had good win rates in 2022 (76.92%), 2021 (76.92%) and 2020 (15/20=75%), respectively. When given the chance, Uda has...

Yeah, Uda has made note of his FH-BH imbalance after winning the All-Japan TTC 2020 when he looked back on WTTC 2021.

A valiant effort from LJH, making Little Chubby work overtime.

As demonstrated by JWJ in the MT F, Japan needs an extremely FH-oriented player like Uda to at least make China sweat. Togami, Shinozuka, Tanaka and Yoshiyama can't play that role at all. The burden on Harimoto is too heavy...

Yeah, Batra played well despite losing in straight games. She had a big chance in G2, having led for the majority of it. Japan was the ABC team and putting Hayata in the 2nd singles spot was likely intentional. [URL unfurl=false]https://www.miguvideo.com/p/live/120000472385[/URL] (A/V out of...

For those wondering about the lineups against Japan and South Korea, China followed the preset rules this time. http://mytabletennis.net/Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=93442&PID=1144479&title=attc-2023-pyeongchang-9-310#1144479

Admittedly, Hayata just came back from her injury in October (missing her first WTTC team final against China). However, DHK, playing with a golfer's elbow, managed to go down to the wire (3-1 -> 3-4) and beat CIC 4-2 in the previous round (CIC's poor luck also hit this time?). Despite that...