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  1. Asian Cup 2020

    As far as I know from previous iterations, the invitees for Asian Cup are the i) defending champion; ii) reigning Asian Champion (from Asian Championships); iii) top 10 players from the January ITTF Ranking List; iv) four Regional Representatives, one each from South Asia, South East Asia, West...
  2. Japan Women's Race to Tokyo 2020 Singles

    Their play here (if Mizutani and Hirano are indeed the third players) is clearly to secure a XD gold to raise Ito's morale so that her chances of winning WS are higher. My read is that they are sidelining the women's and men's team events for this Olympics (more of the former since the latter...
  3. Marvellous 12 2020

    He played only one match against Zhou Qihao during M12 and that match wasn't streamed.
  4. Marvellous 12 2020

    But JNT is announcing their Olympics team tomorrow right? Any idea what time and how?
  5. Marvellous 12 2020

    After winning M12, ZYL still didn't get selected to play any Doubles event for German Open. XD: XX/LSW, LGY/SYS WD: DN/SYS, CM/WMY MD: LGY/ML, FZD/Zhou Yu Seems like SYS is ahead of CM for now too. We shall see.
  6. Marvellous 12 2020

    Logically DN but most likely WMY.
  7. Marvellous 12 2020

    Unexpectedly, she made DN look good by showing the importance of keeping one's emotions under check. CM and SYS succumbed to their frustrations after realising they couldn't penetrate the ZYL of this M12.
  8. Road to Tokyo 2020: Chinese TT Team

    Maybe revisit some of the old forum topics and watch zeio's subbed videos for a more nuanced opinion of CNT's (amorphous but somewhat principled) selection criteria. Of course nobody here can completely grasp the underpinning mechanics behind the selection but the CNT's Olympics assessment...
  9. Road to Tokyo 2020: Chinese TT Team

    Maybe the one whose Singles hopes are still up in the air is CM rather than SYS? Anyways out of curiosity, what does "CNT has a good problem with depth compared to JTN" mean?
  10. Marvellous 12 2020

    Look at this new ZYL, schooling DN with her FHs for three sets straight.
  11. Marvellous 12 2020

    Scripted? :D
  12. Marvellous 12 2020

    Day 2 Session 1 (Elimination) Fan Zhendong 4-0 Zhang Yudong Chen Xingtong 4-1 He Zhuojia Zhao Zihao 1-4 Zhou Qihao Sun Yingsha 4-1 Gu Yuting Lin Gaoyuan 4-0 Ma Te Ding Ning 4-0 Zhang Rui
  13. Marvellous 12 2020

    Well, we will know in a few days' time. I heard that each NOC would need to confirm the extant XD qualifications (from WTGF) by 4 Jan? Then again, it's difficult to rebuff your suggestion given how things played out during M12 even though XX/SYS is still a relatively raw team (winning only one...
  14. Marvellous 12 2020

    ML/DN 1-3 FZD/GYT FZD/GYT 1-3 XX/SYS XX/SYS 3-0 ML/DN Overall winner: XX/SYS
  15. Marvellous 12 2020

    Ml/dn 4-0 lgy/wmy fzd/gyt 4-0 yzy/zyl xx/sys 4-2 ljk/cm
  16. Marvellous 12 2020

    Omg, the National Champs were bulldozed. I hope MaDing takes down XX/SYS.
  17. Marvellous 12 2020

    In case anyone is interested in some heavily photoshopped posters for M12. According to some unverified sources, the XD draw might be as follows (to be confirmed tomorrow): XX/SYS vs ML/DN FZD/GYT vs LGY/WMY LJK/CM vs YZY/ZYL OFFICIAL DRAW (1 Jan 2020) LGY/WMY vs ML/DN LJK/CM vs XX/SYS...
  18. Road to Tokyo 2020: Chinese TT Team

    While it's true that nothing is definite when it comes to the CNT, your point about LSW losing the last two encounters against Ito also merits further discussion IMO. Context definitely matters there – you're comparing the LSW who was at the lowest point of her career (essentially abandoned with...
  19. Marvellous 12 2020

    Draw for XD will only be done on 1st January, the date of the competition. Perhaps to leave less time for the pairs to prepare against their opponents? Some wild speculations on the Chinese web about XX/SYS as the possible replacement for China's Olympics XD entry since the deadline for...
  20. Olympics 2020 who will represent who

    You know that XD players must also come from the team right?
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