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John Burgess used to live in Singapore and so he's familiar with South East Asia and since ITTF's HQ is now in Singapore...

Yes, she held back once Fast5 kicked in after 1-3, especially in the last game when she started pushing shots that she'd have normally punched.

Hilarious to see both Ito and Hirano hold back once Fast5 kicked in. Very untypical of youngsters.

FTW is making good use of the Fast5 rule. Serve and attack and hope for the best. First-to-11 and Fast5 give young(and Japanese) players so much grief. Japanese netizens are going nuts right now.

Hirano has gotten better at tweaking on-the-fly. Say, from 6:4 to 6:7, she cut down on the shot quality and instead focused on placement and spin, especially when serving, to regain the lead. Doesn't mindlessly go for the kill as much now.

If you want to see Ito in singles and Hayata in team/mixed doubles, then Hirano will have to advance.

Please stay on topic. http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/pingpang/2019-07-17/doc-ihytcitm2543290.shtml (Men’s team captain Ma Long said that the T2 league was not on his schedule. "the T2 champion has extra Olympic points, so it's not good for my ranking if I skip it. But now that I'm here, I'm...

They don't have to wait until the selections are out to do that. Both teams have already been collecting data and doing analysis for a long time as LGL puts it in an interview last December.

To the CNT, they certainly don't want the JNT to settle on their selections so far ahead of the deadline. They want them to keep the in-fighting going for as long as possible, so that the JNT folks won't have as much time to work on the pairings ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

Getting a bit too far, or so they say. LOL

And so CM passes by Ito yet again.

CM is clearly not familiar with the match format. Kato, too. There you have it.

ITTF, staying true to their reputation of disconnecting streams at random.

This is the 1st time I see Pocari Sweat sponsor table tennis. Practically no breaks.

We could have some BGM while the players get ready. WCQ and LGY both stand at 168cm...hehehe

The atmosphere feels like a concert. First up we are greeted by the eye candy.

Not naive, but boring. I've been wondering why the table tennis scene is so dull in Europe...

It takes getting used to.

It makes total sense as the CNT wants Ito out of the top 2 spots. If Ishikawa and Hirano make the singles, then Hayata will be dropped in favor of Ito. If Ishikawa and Ito make the singles, Hayata will also be dropped in favor of Hirano, as you can't have 2 left-handers play doubles. Either...