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Nah. Yamamoto was at a lower level. You don't look to change country at Hayata's level. She could easily be in the top 3 in a few years and is unlikely to be outside the top 6 for years to come.

They probably said that partly to keep her calm and help her play her best. If you are CNT A, you are CNT A even if you are tier 2. Li Jiayi has beaten good players in the Super League so no doubt she could beat Hayata. Hayata has beaten CNT players too but as they pointed out, there is so...

The actual explanation is much simpler though your take is far more detailed than mine. FZD struggled in the very first match vs Xu Chenhao to find his backhand form. So from then on, he pretty much never found it throughout the tournament and was the JYS loss as a natural consequence of that...

People used to call Li Xiaoxia "bridesmaid" as well. I am not so focused on what she has done till date, I am more concerned about how much longer she can hold off Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha.

I like Chen Meng a lot. I think she has missed her chance, if you read between the lines. I thought that about LSW too though.

Actually, Japanese women were even more of a victim than China because they used to send more players to tours. In any case I prefer the tour now and I don't miss separation by association.

I don't think the seeding is unfair. Much ado about nothing.

The real issue is the travel schedule of the European players. There is no point really in having then adjust to time zones repeatedly when they can just plan to spend extended time in Asia and Australasia. It is the same thing that drives putting the opens in Europe back to back later in the year.

Third player only plays the team event or mixed doubles. Doubles is an issue for the team and Persson has been playing really well. Moregardh will likely go as an alternate and not play this time. The only way he goes is if he partners with Karlsson well as Falck is likely to play singles. Or...

It took her forever to mature (she is already 25 unfortunately for her) vs the DN-LXX-LSW generation so she will only have 4 years if any. I suspect WMY and SYS will be the next champs and skip a generation.

Of course there is some opinion involved. But my point is that the Grand Slam analogy is not entirely useless - after all, the Superleague matches are best of 5, while pro tour are best of 7. There were of course some best of 7 domestic events like the National Games and national champs. It is...

Sure. The ITF and ATP are related organizations. But Grand slams are best of 5 while regular matches are best of 3 nowadays so one can choose both records as saying something. The surface differences are also part of tennis so there are all kinds of distinctions people make to evaluate...

I have no doubt that the table contributed to aforementioned form and that it will be a bit different with a normal table in Australia.

He was so out of form that he signed up for an extra tournament to regain it. Xu Xin taking a picture with that table was not an accident.

I agree with you, having made many of the points you have made in other contexts. I just hope they can do this again in Australia. It is hard when your best weapon is the short push to have it taken away from you so badly that all you can do is push long and hope your opponent misses.

Yeah I do. Does anyone track Dima or Boll'a records playing for Orenburg or Borussia Dusseldorf seriously? Just because it is the toughest league in the world doesn't make it anything other than a league. It isn't the kind of thing you peak for, you usually use it to peak for other things...

It is like counting friendly matches in soccer. ITTF results already include continental championships. No need to count domestic events as if they say something special.

Yes, Ma Long fans like to count those matches that were played in Super League for practice.

Yes but it isn't fun to see a match where one player can't return the other's serve like he usually does. The balance of XX definitely played a role and hopefully they will get a chance to do this again in Australia.

Ma Long couldn't push Xu Xin's serves short. That made the match a joke. Not sure whether to celebrate the victory or blame the table.