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I actually hope to see Ma Te/Wu Yang progress to at least to the SF for XD. Filus/Han Ying is all right but nowhere near MT/WY's level IMO.

Due to budgetary restrictions, the organisers of HK Open were very strict and mainly allowed only 6 players per association for the Singles events. Of course, which 6 to remain is the respective association's decision. I guess Yang has fallen out of favour then?

I wonder if there is anywhere on the ITTF website that shows the full World Tour titles tally for all players?

Regardless of whether CM wins (which looks like she is going to), I think she's gonna be WR#1 tomorrow?

Not a bad strategy. She gains 115 more points doing so, since she got eliminated at the round of 16 last year. On a side note, WMY was quite lucky today even though she performed well in general. Her spin game was strong, receives were mostly good and her long limbs afforded her a fair amount...

Yes, I mean she did say during one of the earlier interviews that she wishes to meet Ito to ascertain if the Japanese player is as strong as everyone made her out to be. But ZYL also said the same uh. Looking forward to new clip from you if that ever happens – "Thank you for the freebie" and...

At the end of the day, DN lacks kill shots and speed so she is unable to replicate SYS's tactics. She does very well at varying the pace, slowing the rallies and hitting wide angles to throw off Ito but at crucial moments her FH just doesn't suffice and she doesn't use her left-handed BH well...

This link works for me but you got to put up with the (annoying?) person streaming it: http://www.qiuw.com/tv/71215_8.html

For home ground advantage, CNT is doing so badly. The surviving Mixed Doubles pair of XX/CM has been booted out by Taipei's LYJ/CIC. Pretty exciting prospects now but personally I think that the winner of the SF match between LYJ/CIC and KokiMima will eventually go on to clinch gold.

Main Draw Day 1 Highlights (For Me) Men's Singles - Lin Gaoyuan vs Yoshimura Maharu: While Lin is the favourite on paper, I was actually really impressed with Yoshimura during the XD finals. He had some very creative returns and unpredictable play then which hopefully he can bring those over...

Mixed Doubles Main Draw I believe the fight will be a lot more intense for the second half.

Qualifications Highlights (For Me) Men's Singles - Rising stars Kanak Jha and Anton Kallberg will likely end up fighting for the same slot to advance to the main draw, although Stefan Fergerl and Yuto Kizukuri may not let them have their way - Both left-handers, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yun-ju...

To make it clear, I don't use racism lightly or as a buzzword. I wrote that because the article referenced, which could have contained inaccuracies because it was translated into Chinese from Japanese, explicitly stated that the JNT questioned the impartiality of the umpire because she speaks...

Zeio needs to preside all Japanese-Chinese matches in the future because you speak both languages and can communicate with both teams. Clearly, an English-speaking umpire is not gonna work because the Chinese and Japanese are not conversant in that (at least that's how it seems during...

Agreed, their body language betrayed them IMO. Seems like they just wanted to ride on the mistake of the umpire. Ultimately, it is the umpire's call but they probably should have said something like admitting to receiving the ball as per usual, especially since they speak the same language...

Well, the JNT (Mika Baba) has filed a formal complaint to ITTF and asked that the hawk-eye system be installed for Tokyo 2020. When interviewed, Hayata was adamant that she did not serve the ball into the net, neither did the trajectory change and believes that even the Chinese players do not...

Both Ito's (1800 to 900) and Hirano's (2400 to 1500) points will drop by 900 so unlikely that the latter will come out in front.

Nah, he probably stole it from her.

Although chances are slim but I think Falck winning the title will be the best for everyone. Having a non-Chinese winner sends an encouraging signal to the rest of the world. Likewise if ML were to lose, it will spur the CNT to seriously groom the next generation of male players. Compared to the...