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Time capsule for 2028. Seeing XF 2:4 DO now, and ZZH 2:4 Harimoto last week, I hereby make the gloomy prediction that the men's top 10 will be void of any penholders.

If Ishikawa doesn't make the singles, there's still a chance for Hayata. And then for Harimoto, dropping game 3 gave Pletea a 2nd chance. https://www.ittf.com/2019/08/22/day-one-2019-ittf-world-tour-czech-open/

Ito vs Hayata. G4, Hayata 10:8, 10:12. I gotta wonder why Hayata didn't serve the reverse pendulum. Speak of the devil. She just did it at 4:6 in G5 and lost the point. TO. Another one at 4:7, drifted long and got killed. 7:11. Hayata gotta solve the issues of serve-and-attack and the...

How many FH winners did Harimoto miss? I lost count. G3 was crucial. He was leading 6:4 and dropped 6 in a row, missing quite a few FH winners. LYJ barely made it out.

Ishikawa was lucky that Cheng Hsien-Tzu had an even shorter temper than her. Expect another Rio 2016 if Ishikawa makes and plays the singles like this.

Harimoto/Ishikawa vs Mizutani/Ito You won't believe how many winners Ishikawa missed in G1. Kudos to Yoshimura for dragging this dead weight in the last 3 WTTC.

MT/WY on the ropes. See? Mikhailova is no chopper. G4, 6:2, 7:4, 7:6, TO for Shibaev/Mikhailova, 7:7. Mikhailova turned to mid-distance pushing and things went seriously wrong, 7:11. 0:6, 3:7, 3:8, Shibaev lost it, another yellow card, 3:9, 4:9, 4:11.

Better late than never. NHK documentary series on the race for Tokyo 2020.

Liu Yebo - age+3.

When I saw the draw, I was scared shitless. Hayata is in deep shit. She has a shitload of bad luck. Shit hit the fan when Hayata drew Ito. I thought ITTF did it for shits and giggles. I shit you not! Now I feel like shit! Hayata must be shitting bricks now. ITTF and JNT are always...

Jin was triggered after being faulted 2 points in game 6, with the 2nd one at 10:10. Referee had to intervene.

G6, Hayata 2:8, 8:9, 8:10, 12:10 Shin Yubin. Breathtaking. Same as Bulgaria Open, the odds were against her had it gone to the decider.

That part is from the documentary for Marvellous 12 2017.

Kilian Ort 4-3 CCY. Came back from 1-3 down. Dana Cechova 4-2 Zhang Qiang. Cechova led 3-0. Impressive! Mizuki Oikawa 4-2 Xu Yingbin. Falling in prelim just like many Chinese netizens anticipated.

Found another article that delves deeper into Miyazaki's opinion. Similar to China, it appears there are now 2 rivaling schools of thought in Japan. 2019/5/5 https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2019050400482&g=spo *The Decisive Shot is still the FH Yoshihito Miyazaki, Head of Development...

The other post was long so folks probably skipped it but the results at WTTC 2019 got Miyazaki to reconsider JNT's overemphasis on the BH. In retrospect, that defeat was foreshadowed when Harimoto said his FH was sealed in the group match against ML at the Asian Cup...

Keeping this in yet another time capsule for 2024 and perhaps 2028. Check out my other time capsules:

As of Aug 19, 2019: Hayata has beaten 6 CNT players in 10 encounters. LSW(1W 1L), CM(1L). Ito has beaten 5 CNT players in 13 encounters. DN(1W 1L), WMY(2L), SYS(1L). Hirano has beaten 2 CNT players in 10 encounters. DN(2L), LSW(1L), CM(1L), ZYL(2L). Ishikawa has beaten 1 CNT player in 10...

The Grand Final title is counted separately by tradition.

Female announcer: "Harimoto and Zhao Zihao have never played together at the World Tour. It'll be very interesting to see what will happen." Harimoto has the upper hand in serve and attack and BH. Not looking good for Zhao. Harimoto keeps serving to Zhao's short FH. That's getting...