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Hirano just can't turn it on in time

Semifinal at the first ever World Cup outing for Miwa in what was supposed to be a R16 exit on paper. Not bad at all.

ITTF decided to remove the women's stream last minute?

Adriana beat Miwa just 6 months ago in Contender Muscat 2023.

Hirano should have started screaming from game 1. Jeon is not the player she used to be. Don't underestimate a wounded veteran who has nothing left to lose.

Sleepirano saved from Jeonricanne by two net cords at 8-10 down in the third, for now. She has the quality to match Jeon in the rallies but needs to keep her serves tighter, and wake up lol.

Jeon Jihee looks like she's playing on a whole other level. Still in her Ito-beating form.

I'm not underplaying it. It's an achievement, but also the baseline to make the Olympic team that Ito has not met. Kihara is definitely the more suitable for the P card.

Miwa joins the 'I've beaten WYD this cycle' club along with Hayata, Kihara, and Hirano. Rewarded with quite an open path to semifinals.

Are there 3rd-4th playoffs for this tournament or have they scrapped that too?

Ito smashes herself out of contention as usual. She hasn't learned to rally at all even after four years. Miwa gets a crack at Wang Yidi to possibly prove her naysayers and whitehead's lineup wrong. Hirano gets a chance to avenge her loss to Jeon Jihee at Asian Games 2022/3. If she's...

A step in the right direction, considering their track record. But still feels slimey considering they only posted a reply on Jonathan's page and nothing on their main Instagram page.

ITTF/WTT should just admit they can't do math/administration/PR and keep things simple. I'm all for innovation, but this could have been easily prevented by sticking to the rules or going by game ratios only and implementing a sudden death game like T-League's victory match in event of a tie...

Miu Hirano 3-1 Yuan Jia Nan

I personally find this format quite interesting because it puts pressure on the player for dropping a single game, even more so than BO5. It's the lack of incentives (i.e. ranking points) that hurt the players' motivation.

Imagine if they invested in Hawk-Eye technology instead of WTT. So many years of side/edge + illegal service controversies and nothing has improved. What a joke.

Amy Wang 2-2 Suthasini. Will come down to how well Ito can adjust her form.

Average ITTF/WTT stream quality

Ito (or her manager) announces that her contract with Japan Life Red Elf has ended and that she won't be renewing as she focuses on her new goal of becoming World No. 1

Another weird umpire call for Zhang Mo v. Kim Nayeong (same group as Miwa who beat Zhang 3-1 yesterday). Ball hits Kim's racket edge and flies out of court in 2-1 in games, 3-2 in points, clear point for Zhang. But umpire calls a let for that point after players are done warming up with a new...