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I quote this from the Women's Singles press conference: "I didn't have a coach last year which made me feel really down, till the point that I almost wanted to give up. Hence, my sincerest thanks and appreciation to President Liu (Guo Liang) and Coach Ma Lin for believing in me!"...

Does anyone have links to the press conferences for the events that have ended? Mixed Doubles and Women's Singles. Seen pictures but no full videos.

I think that's the headache. Playing three events is frowned upon so if she gets singles (and team by default then), she might have to give up mixed doubles. If she plays mixed doubles (and team by default), she may have to give up singles. But still many months left in 2019 so really hard to say.

LIU SHIWEN! LIU SHIWEN!! LIU SHIWEN!!!! Only she could create two 11-0 sets against her teammates.

That's true. Sorry I forgot about her being the champion because she just did so badly during the last three sets earlier on. OTOH if CM wins, Ma Lin will be busy and probably torn helping her and LSW prepare for the finals since they now share the same coach.

Seems like the favourites for Olympics will be Liu Shiwen, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu after the WTTC. DN crumbled during her SF w WMY during Qatar and now against LSW.

LSW was testing the waters. To add salt to the wound, she hasn't even utilised her high toss serve the entire match due to the lighting and DN had so much trouble with her hook serve already. But the finals will be tough.

LIU SHIWEN! LIU SHIWEN! But kudos to Ma Lin for believing in her and coaching her so tirelessly.

These 'golden' pairs also make the best doubles partners. ZYN/WN, LXX/Guo Yue, LSW/DN, CM/ZYL and now WMY/SYS (though I wouldn't quite discount CXT).

Lol, he was just trying to flash the lucky numbers embedded on the back of his shoes.

I actually think Doo has the best chance. CM doesn't seem to be in impeccable form, losing unnecessary points and dropping sets to far less decorated players throughout the championship (as of 25 Apr). Kato might have the element of surprise considering she has never met Liu Shiwen on the...

Of course, his new disciple has already amassed more points in two sets than his old disciple did in four sets.

But if XX wins this WTTC (high chance of making it to the finals), then LGL will have to mince his own words XD

Because Men's Doubles is not a standalone event in the Olympics, merely one of the five matches in the team event. Mixed Doubles is the exact opposite. If XX was younger, he probably would take part in all three (which I think he did for one of the Opens last year) but age is a real issue I believe.

For instance? Not seeing any terribly interesting match-ups for 23 April. Perhaps the following? Women's Singles - Doo Hoi Kem vs Yoo Eunchong (I remember her as the dark horse during Qatar Open, beating Hina Hayata) Men's Singles - Truls Moregard vs Ho Kwan Kit - Tom Jarvis vs Yoshimura...

Yeah, according to recent reports he did lose to WMY (gasp). Chen Meng also beat Fan Zhendong.

Some interesting short clips from the CNT's pre-WTTC training in Austria. Ma Long vs Liu Shiwen http://t.cn/EXSbQA6?m=4361660166083418&u=1002861732 Ma Long vs Ding Ning http://t.cn/EXaBG4F?m=4361650242361586&u=1002861732 Lin Gaoyuan vs Wang Manyu...

There are rumours that CM will be coached by Ma Lin too, which personally I find unfair to both her and LSW because the other core players all have their own 'personalised' trainers (i.e. Ding Ning & Guo Yan, Zhu Yuling & Qiu Yike, Wang Manyu & Xiao Zhan). While these coaches also co-supervise...

The CNT has left for Austria to begin the last phase of their WTTC preparations, one of which includes overcoming jet lag XD. Aside from those participating in the events, the men's and women's teams have brought along other players as practice partners. Wang Yidi, Chen Ke, Liu Fei, Gu...

I'm more surprised by her choice of country instead of the lack of any visible/known connections. Is Austria poised to become a strong team? I imagine she would have much better luck representing Hong Kong, Taiwan or even Singapore.