JTTA and DTTB have filed complaints over the WTT. Professionalize and commercialize our sport...
https://hochi.news/articles/20210302-OHT1T50136.html
The Table Tennis World Tour has renewed its framework as "WTT" this year, starting with the Contender Doha tournament that commenced on...
From the prospectus for Star Contender and Contender, the draw sizes have not been changed, but the seeding is definitely improvised, which is not mentioned at all.
http://www.jtta.or.jp/Portals/0/images/tournament/Nationals/2021_pdf/20210128_wttStar_youkou.pdf...
Japanese magazine Table Tennis Kingdom reports that the JTTA has deemed a revamp of the selection criteria for the next Olympics is in order.
https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/3179
"The idea of the selection criteria for the Paris Olympics (2024) was presented, and the board of...
https://mao.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/pingpong/1611187496/745-844
767名無しQ(・∀・)ノ゜サァン!!2021/03/06(土) 14:13:45.07ID:GhdCzOZ2
とりあえず伊藤早田の日本ツートップの決勝で一安心
これが石川平野の決勝とかだったら目も当てられなかった
So long as it's a final between Ito and Hayata who are Japan's top 2, then I'm relieved
If it were a final between Ishikawa...
IIRC, the pair has won only 1 Open title before this. The other teams have not sent their strongest pairs as well, namely South Korea, sending Jeon/Yang over Jeon/Shin or Choi/Shin. Also, the way they eased up against Yuan/Loeuillette after a big lead is concerning.
Watched it live. Harimoto tried playing Korean-style FH which worked well for the first 2 games but Dima got around it after G3. Had Harimoto got G3, there's a good chance he would've won.
Hilarious comment on youtube live stream.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDfhf7esxZE
Even though it sounds inappropriate, singles losing pair vs singles winning pair.