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Rumours has it that there will be other events held in November, namely a WTT promotional tournament between 25th to 29th in Macau... Not sure who's gonna participate though.

Is that why ML (and FZD) was missing from the team event earlier this week? CM and SYS were present though, so I guess we will see ZYL at the WWC? Rumours seem to suggest Weihai in Shandong, possibly at the newly-launched Olympics Centre?

Lol. Wasn't JTTA also the one who suggested all the changes (size and material) to the ball? Actually, is there consensus over what counts as "near vertical" tosses? I can't find any specifics in the ITTF handbook but the TTR/Hawk-eye technology seems to classify tosses within 30 degrees as legal?

Timo and several European players seem to be against reinstating international events (https://www.sport1.de/tischtennis/2020/09/tischtennis-timo-boll-und-dimitrij-ovtcharov-boykottieren-restart). I don't understand German but it seems like the following are the four main points raised in the...

Who needs a forehand drive if a slappy forehand is equally fatal.

That would indeed be great – since they are the top 2 seeds – but LSW hasn't rejoined the team, at least that is how it seems according to her weibo post on 29 August wherein she was alone with the physiotherapist. Her name was also noticeably missing (alongside DN and ZYL) from the list of...

Would love to see LSW play but that's unlikely? Well, I hope Ito takes down whoever China sends in her stead then. Also can't help but think that the mock Olympics was just CNT/CTTA making sure that they could manage a big event in the midst of a pandemic. Lol.

2020 has been the most challenging year in living memory, as the COVID-19 pandemic brought the international table tennis event calendar to a grinding halt early in the year. Many players, coaches and fans were confined to their homes or their local communities, unable to play or watch their...

Is that why she was classified as "T-League representative" instead? Because she's the ZYL of the Japanese women. Also, I've noticed that you translated "日本代表男/女子" as "Japan's representatives" while apacible chose "Japan's WTTC M/F Representatives". Hmm? If it's indeed referring to Japan's...

So, I guess after Ishikawa senpai retires, the favourites for Paris 2024 will be Ito, Hirano, Hayata and Nagasaki?

I'm assuming there are no doubles in the All-Star Japanese match? Ishikawa, Nagasaki & Hayata = triple lefties in the same team?

Theoretically they could, but in reality they have never changed up their lineups whenever doubles are involved in team tournaments after the addition of Harimoto (e.g. Team World Cups 2018 and 2019). That said, it has always been two righties and a lefty in those tournaments. Two lefties and...

Which earns him a stare down from Ma Long.

I think the greater concern is if they can survive to even meet China with the proposed format of going into every stage with only four matches that they have any chances of winning. Call me pessimistic but Mizutani/Niwa seems like a recipe for disaster not because they are both lefties but...

Wells, Harimoto has not really proven himself capable of scoring two points in team tournaments against non-Chinese opponents so I'm sure they can afford to make him play doubles (granted he's not great in that either) and make the line-up more 'flexible'. Team World Cup 2018: Harimoto 2-3...

Results for 21 August 2020 Men's Team Bronze Medal Match Team 4 3:1 Team 9 ①Xu Chenhao/Zhao Zihao 0-3 Yu Heyi/Cao Wei ②Ma Te 3-1 Sai Linwei ③Zhao Zihao 3-2 Cao Wei ④Xu Chenhao 3-1 Sai Linwei

1100h – Bronze Medal Match 1930h – Gold Medal Match

All hopes lie with Hirano now. Hopefully CXT is imitating the 2017 Asian Champs version.

I am a little disappointed by the team event though. It feels like they are setting up Team 1 to win by forcing Team 2 to stick to SMY as first singles (which frankly is quite an insult to Ito's game) and the lack of synergy between members of the other teams (especially for doubles) are quite...

Schedule for 20 August 2020 Women's Team 1100h Bronze Medal Match – Team 3 (Wang Yidi, Liu Fei, Qian Tianyi) vs Team 7 (Fan Siqi, Xu Yi, Zhang Qiang) 2000h Gold Medal Match – Team 1 (Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng) vs Team 2 (Chen Xingtong, Gu Yuting, Sun Mingyang)...