Want to hear an interesting yet strange statistic? The new uniforms for the Japan Women’s Team debuted during this year’s World Championships. There are 3 colors: red, blue and yellow-green. What’s really strange is that all of Ito’s singles losses to CNT members came when Ito wore the yellow-green uniform.
Ito’s Wins and Losses this year against CNT players since the debut of the new uniforms in the WTTC:
Blue: 3 Wins (Wang Yidi, Ding Ning, Li Jiayi) 0 Losses
Red: 1 Win (Sun Mingyang) 0 Losses
Yellow-Green: 0 Wins, 6 Losses: (Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu twice, Wang Yidi, Gu Yuting, Ding Ning)
I’m not claiming Ito’s losses are due to her uniform choice, but it’s certainly one of those strange and unlikely coincidences like Ishikawa meeting Kihara in the R32 and losing to Sun Yingsha 3 Opens in a row.
I don't really believe this sacrifice that many are thinking CM made, She was so nervous and kept making mistakes and looking at Ma Lin, I don't know why it seems like every step these players think or every thing they do there's always something sinister behind that, or there's an ulterior motive of some sorts, Can't people just see them as normal beings, It's sort of like a manic obsession with reading what's not there, and seems insecure. If China really wanted to be nice, they'd have told shasha to lose today and ding to lose tomorrow, it won't cost anything, It's just a open. Being professional and wanting to defeat your opponent now seems like a wrong thing to do, Why didn't anyone say Qian TY tanked for Hirano, or Jiayi for Into, They're the all glorious CNT they win when they want if that's what people are insinuating so the losses are driven then?.
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ok...looks like only HZJ & CXT are seeded (does it actually matter?)
138 men+176 women=314 i think everyone will be inPay attention to the total limit in Bulgaria .... 310 ... Maybe someone will be on the waiting list?
(It will be interesting to see the Chinese team in the Czech Republic ... Japan - the composition has already been published on the JTTA portal, on the ITTF portal - not yet available ....)
I have NO idea what I'm doing.
HZJ and CXT are the seeded players there, if JNT can't beat these players that's not good news, If CNT really wanted to block them, they'll send the top 6 there, So they're basically saying Ishikawa, Ito, Hirano you can win this open to stamp your participation in Tokyo, talk about helping Japan lolBy the way, the composition of the Chinese national team in Bulgaria is published ... Not sure that any of the Japanese women will be in the semi-finals .....
(it seems that China will not open its jaws before the start of the Olympics .... It literally stifles Japan .....)
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.
I think National.Champs not National Games as National Games should be every 4 years and a much bigger deal unless something has changed. National champs, I suspect some of the top players will sit it out.
trying to put some cuts I made on youtube, let me try it here among friends first...I have NO idea what I'm doing.
https://youtu.be/zOChAMbuuCc
hmmm...no thumbnail
I won't be surprised to see ZYL serve as the "sacrificial" lamb one more time.