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Upon deliberation among the newly minted Chinese coaching group, it was decided that Marvellous 12 will determine two spots instead of just one for the upcoming WTTC 2019. This means that the runner-up will also receive an entry ticket to the Singles event. Based on recent performances, Chen...

Agree with you on Spain Open. Not a fan of Kato Miyu though. The newly introduced Challenge Plus does indeed seem to be drawing a good number of higher-ranked players. As for Oman Open, I actually hope Miu Hirano will emerge victorious. Amidst her rather disastrous record in 2018, she renewed...

Thanks. You're literally a walking TT repository.

First Stage: 26 to 27 Mar 2019 | Main Event: 28 to 31 Mar 2019, Doha, Qatar Men's Singles Seeding List 1) Xu Xin 2) Lin Gaoyuan 3) Harimoto Tomokazu 4) Timo Boll 5) Hugo Calderano 6) Lee Sangsu 7) Wong Chun Ting 8) Niwa Koki 9) Mizutani Jun 10) Jang Woojin 11) Ma Long 12) Mattias Falck 13)...

I think it's safe to assume so. Talks of his return have been just that, talks (apart from his brief reappearance on the world tour early last year). On a side note, the venue (Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre) for Marvellous 12 and associated WTTC training is all set up – 33 tables and 320...

Full schedule is out: Things to look out for: 1) Watershed moment for Liu Shiwen In the previous internal trials (2017), Liu Shiwen topped the charts with 11 wins and zero losses. Can she replicate that miraculous success again this year? Particularly after her bitter loss to Hina Hayata...

Nah, the internal trials only decide ONE out of the five players (one reason why Marvellous 12 is seen as a sham by some critics as the other places are still determined by other less transparent methods) that the Chinese National Team is allowed to enter. Due to his achievements, Ma Long is a...

It is confirmed that Ma Long will not play in the upcoming Marvellous 12 as he doesn't want to risk setting back the rehab progress for his knee injury. However, he will still head to Shenzhen and be part of the spectating crowd. Yan An, who placed 7th in phase 1, will take his place to make up...

Dates of Play for Phase 2 1) 28 Feb (Thursday) 13：00 2) 28 Feb (Thursday) 19：00 3) 1 Mar (Friday) 13：00 4) 1 Mar (Friday) 19：00 5) 2 Mar (Saturday) 13：00 6) 2 Mar (Saturday) 19：00 7) 3 Mar (Sunday) 13：00 8) 3 Mar (Sunday) 19：00 Both men and women will play off at the same time, but the exact...

New promotional poster released today, for sales ticketing purposes. Kind of cool IMO.

They rarely get to play in CTTSL actually. Liu Fei only had four matches (won two and lost two) while Hu Limei was sent out eight times (won three and lost five) this season. An average player should get at least 20 matches.

From the recently concluded Portugal Challenge, I was a little ambivalent over the effectiveness of playing defence in modern table tennis. The general school of thought seemed to be that defenders are not doing as well ever since bigger plastic balls were introduced (i.e. reduced spin). I think...

Seems like Chinese women struggle a lot with defenders nowadays while Japanese women have it easy.

Apart from LSW, nobody can stop Hayata in this tournament. Yesterday's round of 16 should have been the finals. Regardless of who wins the other SF, I strongly doubt either Hashimoto or Li Jiayuan can put up an entertaining fight.

Hu Limei has an unconventional serve for defenders no? Most would choose a backhand serve.

I've always viewed her as number 4 on the team, so actually it was surprising Sato Hitomi was given a spot before her. By some sadistic twist of fate, Sato Hitomi the second seed has been ousted by a junior member of the Chinese National Team :eek:

Maybe the 4th will be Truls's game! 8-7. A glimmer of hope there.

Wells...

I think the biggest issue for LSW right now is stamina. She's clearly the top candidate to represent CNT for Mixed Doubles but a huge part of her also desires to qualify for singles (and understandably so since she was quite unfairly denied a spot in 2016 despite being WR#1). Unfortunately (or...