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I feel like although ML directed his annoyance towards the 'format' of the tournament, he was probably more pissed at himself.

But LSW has lost out in a lot of ranking points with her absence in Australian Open and T2 Diamond. Perhaps the one to be replaced in ZYL since her chances are the lowest among the six candidates (DN, LSW, CM, ZYL, WMY, SYS) for Olympics.

Hmmm?

Franziska was more gutsy and decisive during the fast5, exactly what the game called for. Onwards... to Kasumi beating ZYL?

Even if Kasumi advances, she faces SYS next. Kato encounters CM tomorrow. Things are not looking good but I do hope Kasumi wins.

Says a lot about experience and adaptability.

Well, things should be a little clearer when we reach the Team World Cup (6-10 November 2019) event. The five players fielded from each association will likely be the Olympics hopefuls and the three selected for the Semis and Finals the frontrunners at that time.

I find it odd that Ito was having trouble with Kato's tomahawk serves. She swatted DN's like flies when they played during their first few encounters.

I think Ito will do well when the matches reach the play-off stage.

The women's draw is apparently out too according to other media outlets. To be confirmed by T2 Diamond. 1/4 Wang Manyu VS Polcanova Sofia Han Ying VS Cheng I-Ching 2/4 Feng Tianwei VS Hirano Miu Bernadette Szocs VS Ding Ning 3/4 Zhu Yuling VS Ishikawa Kasumi Chen Szu-yu vs Sun Yingsha...

Hi, yes you're right. It's the All China Table Tennis Championships I was referring to. Actually, the top 8 seeds for the Singles and XD events have been announced yesterday and it seems all the top players are taking part. They are holding it in the same sequence as the Olympics, like a...

Probably taking time to recuperate since there is the Chinese national games (dubbed "hell level") in July after T2 Diamond. Non-stop for the top 6 players of the men's and women's teams.

Chen Meng's position in the Olympics has been severely threatened it seems. Her only bargaining chip at the moment is her steady performance on the World Tour (13 titles but no World Cup, Asian Cup, Asian Games, WTTC, Asian Championships, National Championships wins) but her #1 position (1300...

Absolutely heart-breaking for Franziska. He played well, and out-XX-ed at multiple occasions. About Bobrow, um, just take his words with a pinch of salt. I'm sure most people do that.

XX's BH being exploited here :rolleyes:

Seems like both national associations want the same thing – for either side's female team captain to be chosen :cool:

The power in DN's FH is almost non-existent compared to Ito's.

To take some attention away from the 'surprising' losses that have dominated this thread, I was wondering if anyone had watched the LJK vs Groth match? Seems like Wang Hao was peeved that the umpire kept warning (faulted?) LJK for his service and Groth also looked agitated from this short clip?

Kasumi saw ITTF's scathing post after her loss at Korean Open and became motivated?

I thought she could upset DN. That would make the second half much more interesting.