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I can take 1:1 anytime till LA. My odds are pretty low given how competitive the women's game is. But I think she has th talent and just needs exposure and some luck as well.

So they don't allow cross-country pairs in doubles at the Olympics. Interesting.

Kihara has been pretty unstable so nothing is surprising here. Not sure whether these are American odds where you would pay me $300 if you lose and get $100 if you win or something else. I am confident in Diqz but a 12 month horizon is too narrow. I would rather improve your side of the best...

My quesrion remains the same. Given the new rules that allow high ranking XD pairs to take part if both players are part of a team (a rule that inordinately favors China and Japan), would this pairing be allowed to play at the Olympics if both Lebrun and Odo make their teams?

You make it sound like Coton was the 10th seed.

Where this Odo and Lebrun pair gets interesting is that given the new XD doubles rules, can they play in the Olympics? Hmm....

Gauzy may stop making fun of Australian players he has never heard of after this lol...

Yang Haeun entering the time machine against Chen - her backhand switch is giving Chen fits...

Jang has been in strong form this year, the debacle at the Asian Cup notwithstanding. And if he had flipped the last game of one of those 2-3 losses, it might have been a very different tournament.

A couple of things: 1) A lot of these stats are presented very misleadingly if you dig underneath the hood, it would be ideal to be able to cut out matches before or after a certain date in order to be realistic. The Mima Ito record includes 7 matches that take place before 2014, which I have...

You made a mistake somehow, I was shocked to see Alexis Lebrun and Satsuki Odo as XD partners and looked for it on your list but you have OH and Nagasaki in their place....

Not sure what that prediction game was and congrats on winning it. For this particular prediction, you were not right. CIC, for the record, was ranked in the top 10 at the end of 2024, but it is okay to claim perfect insight now that she is 19 rather than to look at the detail and see that CIC...

So where did he say that it was without continental points that he needed her to stay in the top 16? You keep making up stuff. And remember that Takkyu actually had respect for Quadri's ranking, which was built on substantially the same kind of thing as Diaz's yet the conclusions are...

I will take it as progress that you think she is top 20 now because that was too much for you even back then. She had benefited purportedly from the aging of other players- could you list some of these players and see who is head of her now to see whether this is about aging or just...

This will be fun mostly for Belgians.

Looks like Mexico finally has someone to replace Marcos Madrid. Will be interesting to see whether Rogelio Castro competes aggressively in North American ans Pan American competitions as well as the level he has displayed here would put him pretty high anf he is still young.

Right how? And does this get to my main point? Again, between Szocs, Takahashi and Diaz, who is the best player and why? When the "overrated" and "only good for doubles" Shin Yubin faced Miu Hirano at the Olympics what happened? Did she defend her seeding? In any case we can get back to the...

The truth is that ranking or no ranking, Diaz is a far better player and talent than she often gets credit for and has beaten more than enough players that people would have said she was incapable of beating. Look for example at Szocs, Takahashi and Diaz. Who is the best and who is the worst...

So in 2025 and 2026. who has she lost to? And why didn't he simply say that CIC wasn't top 10? Even with her drop in performance?

Adriana is working with Dang Qiu"s father so people are more likely to give her her flowers for some wins over Zhu etc. To many, she will always be an overrated North American. Unfortunate but true.