G7, 2:0, 2:2, 5:3, 10:3, 6 in a row, 10:5, 11:6, the friggin' net again!
After years of scolding, my idol has finally gone from 0 to 1. And the victim is Chen Meng! There you have it, your singles spot for Tokyo is as good as gone.
Kinda like the expedite rule that kicks in after 10 minutes of play for a game, which remains active until the end of the match.
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Right. Forget the deductions. Seeding would hardly differ. Luck becomes a factor, now that China is actively "looking to sabotage" Japan's game plan. Things are getting dirty and ugly here.
Look up Doo Hoi Kem and Matilda Ekholm. Hayata has a reverse pendulum serve, but rarely uses it.
As for the women's game, believe it or not, a technical revolution is going on, thanks in large part to Japan. China actually tried to push forward the 女子打法男性化 but it wasn't really until Japan's...
The points from 2018 will get replaced, and so the point gap b/w 2018 and 2019 doesn't matter.
What matters is for the points gained in 2019, how much headroom Ito needs to secure, that is, the gap needed to account for the likely finishing positions in World Cup 2019 for Ishikawa and Hirano...
She has to win. She needs the points. Ishikawa and Hirano have the huge World Cup buffer. Now that Ishikawa will play in Malaysia, Ito needs to widen her lead as much as possible.
Li Jiayi is pretty straightforward. She's like the boldest. Guo Yan, too. She's pretty open in Hong Kong Open about the women's team underestimating Ito.
Once you follow enough of their interviews, you could get a rough idea of the general thinking.
CIC did just that to beat Ito at the...
Harimoto has been working on his FH since his sounding defeat to LJK in Korea Open 2018. The problem right now is not his stroke. It has to do with his stance and footwork. I'll probably post a video and write more on this after this Australian Open.
So busy catching up on these interviews.