2021 All Japan National Championships

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The Germany at the last Team World Cup was there just to get a feel and test the water as Boll or Ovtcharov said. They were tired from the long flight. Some teams didn't even send their best players. No Falck for Sweden and Calderano for Brazil.
 
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I'm sure they were tired and Timo was not 100%. but an official game is an official game. No one wants to lose (or not win) ranking points, or a in a big tournament

YOSHIMURA was playing well on that day, and Timo had a lot of troubles receiving I can remember that. not as valuable as a victory in WTTC or WTTTC or World Cup but definitely more value than a regular ITTF open even a platinum one.
 
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WS Final.

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Ito is doing what she has said starting from G2 but she keeps stalling when it gets tight.

Hayata has a new serve or two up her sleeve as well.
 
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Zennoh: We did our best fixing the draw. The rest is up to you, Ishikawa-san.

Ito misses a lot of FH kills. She keeps on stalling anyway.

Disappointing performance from Ito. Kept stalling the whole match. Not a sign of confidence.
 
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So, i'm not overly worried for Harimoto. I'm more worried for Niwa. The end of the road for him in JNT is approaching fast.

"Their table tennis is different."
~ Koki Niwa

https://rallys.online/topic/alljapan/210116niwakoki/
「年々若い選手が(全日本で)上位に食い込んでくる。彼らは卓球が違う。バックが強烈で、レシーブからチキータなど思い切ったプレーをしてきて、自分の展開にならない。そこが課題」。

「今大会はバックのラバーを粘着の中国製ラバーを試してみた。僕もいろいろ新しい技術を試している。粘着ラバーは相手の回転に負けないので、チキータ処理やツッツキのボールをラバーを変えて強化しようと思っていた。練習ではよかったが、今日の試合は相手のチキータに対応できなかったので、自分の腕が足りなかった」。

課題はバックハンドの技術を試合で使えるようになること。2-2の9-8でフォアに抜かれたところもバックで待っていれば抜かれることはなかった。競ると回り込んでフォアに頼ってしまうのが弱さ。バックハンド系の技術を準備して、今回のような大きな大会で自信を持ってできるように強化していきたい」。

Behind the young players in technique, Niwa switched to tacky rubber on BH in this tournament to strengthen the spin on his chiquita and pushes. It worked well in training but he couldn't handle Tanaka's chiquita. The point at 9-8 would've gone differently if he could rely on his BH. He'll work on his BH after this to gain back confidence in major tournaments.
 
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The one who gets Qiu Jianxin, gets the world. Mizutani, Ishikawa...

I feel bad for Yoshida. He's reached the SF multiple times.

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