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Ma Long can lose this one. First meeting between them if I'm correct and An is very good and seems to be in good form.

An Jaehyun vs Ma Long. The match that could've been the final of the WTTC. Should be interesting.
 
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In my head this feels like a more difficult opponent for Ma Long than TH this moment in time. The loss to Woojin echoes in my head. An is quite unknown, hasn't been possible to scout him thoroughly. Ma Long could underestimate him, and An is much better than his ranking suggests. You said it yourself not long ago, Ma Long is due for a bad match. Hopefully ML keeps his focus, then this will be a walk in the park.

Defensive pessimism? Honestly An has no chance. Ma Long can lose to him as much as Ma Long can lose to Harimoto.
 
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Selected results from Day 2 (Thu 13 June 2019)

Men's Singles

Preliminary Round 3 (winners qualify for Main Draw):

[1] Yuya Oshima 4:1 Choi Deokhwa (11:9, 11:9, 11:6, 9:11, 11:7)
[3] Chuang Chih-Yuan 4:2 Hwang Minha (11:8, 7:11, 11:7, 12:10, 13:15, 13:11)
[7] Kazuhiro Yoshimura 4:2 Park Ganghyeon [29] (11:9, 5:11, 11:7, 7:11, 12:10, 11:8)
[21] Cho Seungmin 4:2 Kirill Gerassimenko [13] (11:9, 11:5, 11:9, 4:11, 11:13, 11:9)
[22] Zheng Peifeng 4:1 Bojan Tokic [14] (13:11, 11:7, 8:11, 11:8, 11:6)
[25] An Jaehyun 4:1 Benedikt Duda [9] (11:8, 11:4, 11:8, 9:11, 11:7)
[31] Ruwen Filus 4:0 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran [2] (11:8, 11:9, 12:10, 11:5)

Yang Heng-Wei 4:3 Chen Chien-An [8] (11:9, 7:11, 8:11, 3:11, 11:6, 12:10, 13:11)
Yuki Hirano 4:1 Tiago Apolonia [11] (11:6, 11:8, 10:12, 11:5, 12:10)
Takuya Jin 4:2 Liu Dingshuo [15] (9:11, 13:11, 8:11, 12:10, 11:5, 11:8)
Sun Wen 4:1 Omar Assar [17] (13:15, 12:10, 11:3, 11:4, 11:8)
Masaki Yoshida 4:0 Dang Qiu, GER [24] (11:6, 11:9, 12:10, 11:7)

Yan An 4:2 Xu Yingbin (11:9, 8:11, 11:3, 11:6, 12:14, 11:6)
Zhao Zihao 4:1 Xu Chenhao (11:9, 11:6, 9:11, 11:1, 12:10)
Mizuki Oikawa 4:2 Zhang Yudong (11:5, 12:10, 7:11, 7:11, 11:8, 11:6)
Peng Wang-Wei 4:2 Kang Dongsoo (11:9, 12:10, 7:11, 8:11, 11:7, 12:10)


Notes:
- Only 3 of the 1-16 seeded players and 4 of the 17-32 seeded players qualified for the main draw.
- Nationalities of the 16 qualifiers: Japan (6), China (4), Chinese Taipei (3), South Korea (2) and Germany (1).
- JNT came back strong today with two wins against CNT (Takuya Jin vs Liu Dingshuo and Mizuki Oikawa vs Zhang Yudong).
- This meant that 4 of 7 remaining CNT players qualified for the main draw (Xu Chenhao lost to Zhao Zihao).


Women's Singles

Preliminary Round 3 (winners qualify for Main Draw):

[1] Sun Yingsha 4:3 Shao Jieni, POR [30] (11:2, 11:1, 5:11, 7:11, 11:6, 9:11, 11:4)
[2] He Zhuojia 4:2 Manika Batra [23] (11:5, 11:6, 8:11, 14:12, 9:11, 11:8)
[8] Hina Hayata 4:1 Zeng Jian [24] (11:7, 7:11, 11:5, 11:9, 12:10)
[10] Lee Ho Ching 4:3 Kim Hayeong (11:9, 13:15, 11:6, 10:12, 6:11, 16:14, 11:7)
[11] Miyu Nagasaki 4:0 Szandra Pergel [29] (12:10, 11:6, 11:4, 11:9)
[13] Gu Yuting 4:0 Choi Hyojoo [21] (11:3, 11:5, 11:4, 11:6)
[14] Minnie Soo Wai Yam 4:2 Ma Wenting, NOR (6:11, 11:13, 11:5, 11:8, 11:4, 11:3)
[19] Cheng Hsien-Tzu 4:0 Li Yu-Jhun (11:3, 11:8, 11:7, 11:9)
[20] Yang Haeun 4:1 Ji Eunchae (11:8, 11:6, 11:8, 8:11, 11:7)
[26] Zhang Rui 4:1 Minami Ando [7] (12:10, 11:8, 11:7, 6:11, 11:5)
[31] Miyuu Kihara (14 years old!) 4:0 Zhu Chengzhu (11:9, 11:7, 13:11, 11:5)

Liu Fei 4:0 Yu Mengyu [12] (11:1, 11:2, 11:6, 11:4)
Wu Yang 4:1 Wang Yidi [16] (11:7, 11:4, 11:7, 8:11, 11:9)
Che Xiaoxi 4:0 Lily Zhang, USA [32] (11:6, 11:8, 11:6, 11:5)

Sakura Mori 4:2 Liu Hsing-Yin (4:11, 8:11, 13:11, 11:5, 12:10, 11:9)
Chiu Ssu-Hua 4:0 Yoon Hyobin (11:2, 11:4, 11:8, 11:8)


Notes:
- 7 of the 1-16 seeded players and 4 of the 17-32 seeded players qualified for the main draw
- Nationalities of the 16 qualifiers: China (7), Japan (4), Chinese Taipei (2), Hong Kong (2) and South Korea (1).
- 7 of 8 CNT players qualified. Only Wang Yidi (the winner of last weeks Hong Kong Open) lost against teammate Wu Yang.


Source: https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5005/2019/2019-ittf-world-tour-japan-open/
 
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ZYL 1-2 down against Nagasaki and seems to be on the verge of trailing 1-3?
 
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NAGASAKI did it ! 4-1 against ZHU

ZHU seems to have lost all confidence and motivation. She lost her place in CNT (A) to WMY and SYS. There are many other youngsters knocking at the door like WYD. She was ranked #1 not so long ago but now it really looks like she's already finished alas for her. She already suffered some shocking defeats recently (0-4 totally trashed by ITO)... That one may be the one who definitely breaks her.
 
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In my head this feels like a more difficult opponent for Ma Long than TH this moment in time. The loss to Woojin echoes in my head. An is quite unknown, hasn't been possible to scout him thoroughly. Ma Long could underestimate him, and An is much better than his ranking suggests. You said it yourself not long ago, Ma Long is due for a bad match. Hopefully ML keeps his focus, then this will be a walk in the park.

Huh? Ma Long never lost to Jang Woojin...right?
 
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Harimoto plays like an amateur against Sun Wen's intentionally slow and soft shots.

Can't adjust to shots to his pocket.
 
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Has so much trouble receiving the FH short. Sun Wen has a weird timing that gets on Harimoto's nerves. 1 more player on the "list of revenge".
 
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Ito's scorpion tail serve?
 
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Something different with the Victas table? Has a weird bounce.
 
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Men Singles R32

China Sun Wen World Ranked #599 upsets 4-0 Tomokazu Harimoto Japan World Ranked #4

Interesting to know Sun Wen has a rank even. He defeated FZD 2 out of 2 times in last super league so in no way was an easy match for Harimoto. Plus Harimoto normally struggles to play with players he has no prior knowledge about. Well done Sun Wen !!
 
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5:1 to 7:9 for Hayata in game 3...7:10, 9:10, TO for CM. 10:12 to CM.

This table feels slow.
 
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