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Better than expected run. It will become progressively harder from here on as people take notice of him. Training and coaching conditions will need an overhaul to keep up. Start with getting a personal coach, perhaps?

Is she the woman Pitchford mentioned?

Ito has contracted Hirano's habit of blacking out - dropping 6 match points.

After 3rd game, Chen Bin told Wen Jia that Ito kept serving backspin to her middle to make her open it up. He told her to focus more on getting the 3rd ball in and tighter receive. For Ito, I heard Matsuzaki said something about forehand and middle. After 4th game, Chen Bin told Wen Jia...

After the 4th game, Zhang Qin reassure Wu Yang that Winter was still not certain what spin was on the ball, which was why she chose to slow-loop it. Also, she told Wu Yang to go for Winter's pocket as she covered her FH pretty well.

Ovtcharov could pass on the baton and retire. This'll be a crucial period for Pitchford's career.

4:1, 10:8, 12:14...Just retire, Ishikawa!

You know table tennis is doomed when a kid takes down a legend all guns blazing with a crappy FH.

2 down, 2 to go. If Ito could get past Wen Jia, she will have a very good chance beating Wu Yang. If all goes as well, I expect our civil-war-expert captain Ishikawa to ascertain her role.

Ito dropped 7 points straight from 4:2 in game 4, but managed to win the next 7 afterwards to take the game... Mental breakdown for Liu Gaoyang after that nail-in-the-coffin game 4.

Are there any choppers remaining?

Another close shave for Zheng Peifeng, being up 3:1...

Pitchford was up 5:0 and 8:4, before losing 10:12 in the 2nd game. Down 0:5 in game 3, came back to lead 10:8, called TO, but... Last game...Zhang Yudong totally owned...3:11. Pitchford covered his middle really well. Had problem handling Zhang's serve early on but adjusted. His BH saved...

Dramatic match b/w Ito and Zhang Rui. From 3 games up to 3 all, then from a big lead to a deep hole in the last game.

I like how George, representative director of Andro Japan, mentions "the development of rubber is progressing too much and it's been "over-spec'd".

Confirmation bias in full force here.

Xu Chenhao joins the casualty list.

Perhaps he's tired of being asked if he's the brother of Kristian Karlsson and Peter Karlsson...

Matsu-ken 5:1 -> 10:12 XX... Exactly the opposite for the 2nd game.