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Despite the same straight game defeat, Ito put up a better fight here than in Hong Kong Open. She kept trying to come up with a solution on-the-fly, but dropping the 1st 2 games having the lead hurt a lot.

Ito 7:5 to 7:11 WMY. G2, 4:1, 4:5, TO for Ito. The JNT has gotta solve this "blacking out" for Ito/Hirano/Hayata somehow. 5:5, 5:6, 6:6, 6:7, 7:7, 7:11. G4, 3:7, 5:7, TO for WMY, 6:7, 6:9, 7:9, 7:10, 8:11.

On top of that, players have complained about the very slick table top.

That kick looked painful. He literally swept the top of his forefoot right into the corner.

Ya, that cage is getting in the way. Players keep kicking into it when going for the winner up close.

This Champion table is homicidal.

Qin told ML after game 5 to vary the pace, trajectories and so on just a little to disrupt Karlsson.

After 2 11:9, Qin told ML to go for the kill on the FH, even if he ends up missing, than letting Karlsson counter it back. Stop talking during the TO, Bobrow. I'm trying to listen here.

Big shout out to Karlsson for upholding the "World" Tour.

Ishikawa actually beat SYS 4-1 in the Korea Open last year, in their 1st encounter. Ishikawa led 3-1 that time as well but closed it out, though the atmosphere was way more hostile to China that time. As for beating LSW twice in a row, SYS said in the interview LSW was tired from playing 3 events.

No longer the invincible pair. That is how you handle crucial points. Ishikawa could take a page.

Ishikawa's disastrous handling of crucial points struck again. On her 2 match points, she tried to score using the same setplay for the previous point. The exact same backspin serve to SYS' FH and opening with her BH. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

But not the coaching. The timing of timeout is still a little late and awkward. Game 3, Nagasaki ended up from 3:7 to 12:10. Game 4, 2:5 to 5:6, TO for WMY...6:6, 6:8, 8:8, 9:8, 9:9, 9:10, 9:11.

The time has come for Hayata and LSW to prove their own worth for Tokyo 2020. Hayata was slow to start in game 1. Game 2, 7:3, 8:4, 10:6, 10:10, 11:10, 11:11, 11:12, 12:12, 12:13, 13:13, TO for Hayata...13:14, 14:14, 15:14, 16:14. Very crucial game. Game 3, it's clear by now LSW has trouble...