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Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Liu Shiwen are not coming for T2. Well, Wang Chuqin is suspended so he's not too. Confirmed attendees are Xu Xin, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Ding Ning, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Zhu Yuling, Chen Xingtong, Wang Yidi, He Zhuojia.

Strange enough, T2 Diamond has not announced any replacement for WCQ so he might still be going?

To be fair, ZYL did manage to keep Ito at bay quite a number of times but she still doesn't attack enough.

She was very firm during the interview. You can sense her strong desire for revenge... "I like to win" and "It is a match (against Ito) that I'm looking forward to very much".

Yeah, usually only against her own teammates.

WYD looks like she has forgotten how to play while ZYL has decided to meet her former master Ito because serving both Nagasaki and the Japanese #1 is too greedy.

ZYL: Omg should I try to win??

Seems like it's official that Ito has been granted a Singles and Team spot for the Olympics?

Interviewer: These are the winners... Hina Hayata.... and... Harimoto... Tomokazu! Lol everyone could see who carried the team. P.S. Also Adam has to stop with his half-assed knowledge about the Chinese, culture and language wise. "Lin Gaoyuan, from Sichuan speaks Cantonese and Mandarin."...

ZYL: Hey Hayata, how about we pair instead? Hayata: Sure.

Plot twist, he got nominated for breakthrough star LOL

Oh dang, Kihara was so promising. I guess ZYL decided serving Nagasaki alone is enough. Top half looks promising for ZYL since the rest are all her own teammates and she's the teammate killer. Hayata looks on form (and with the LSW blade in hand which might be imbued with vengeful qualities?)...

他能撑到这个阶段已经超出意料了。水谷真的是个给力的学长，保送泥洼和张本两位学弟。

If Hariyata proves to be more potent than Mizuto, does that mean...?

Also, I was reading the XD Olympics qualifications on the ITTF website and was a little confused. Mixed Doubles qualification: *6 Continental Mixed Doubles qualification with a maximum of one (1) pair per NOC 4 World Tour Grand Finals 2019 with a maximum of one (1) pair per NOC 5 World Tour...

Wow, all the 'established' XD pairs have been ousted – Mizutani/Ito, Lee/Jeon, Lin/Cheng and Wong/Doo. Interestingly, Cho/Shin will be the ones appearing at the WTGF in Dec (Austria Open marks their 4th appearance and they outrank their seniors) and vying for an Olympics spot on behalf of South...

You're right in saying that Ito is the most successful Japanese woman at the moment, based on results, tactics and skills. By complete, I meant greater versatility (not to be confused with variation which Ito is of course famous for) that generally comes with inverted rubbers, complimented by...

Hayata has a more complete game than Ito I believe, so yeah she is one favourite to make the finals. My conservative estimate is ZYL/WYD vs Ito/Hayata, but somehow I have a good feeling about Kihara. Would like to see an upset later today (maybe Nagasaki taught her a trick or two).

Omg LSW lost after leading 3-1.

Mizutani is being such a good senpai by edging Niwa closer to the second Singles spot but also potentially screwing up the team and XD composition for Olympics.