2018 World Junior U18 TT Championships

[zeio]

Speak of the devil. Same thing in final game. Nagasaki trailed and turned the table on Qian Tianyi but then blacked out...

1:3, 5:4, TO by China, 6:4, 6:6, 7:9, 8:9, 8:10, 9:10, 9:11

Same habit for Kihara. Cruised through the 1st 2 games and then blacked out in the next 2, was trailing 3:6 in final game, then sort of "awakened" and barely edged out Huang to keep hope alive.

 

[zeio]

Tanaka's BH is so fast. Yu Heyi couldn't keep up, but the FH step-around saved game 2.

Tanaka = BH. Yu Heyi = FH. It's a contest to see who forces his own game on the other.

 

[NextLevel]

Nicholas Tio had no chance but the other Americans seem capable of winning their groups and making the main draw.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

I think for a long time, Japanese juniors can state they can challenge the Chinese
but its either that 1 small extra push in junior level and then the carry forward to senior level that they are lacking.
I can't say it is inconsistency, or BMT or what, but they are so close but some times still so far....

 

[usualsuspect]

I think for a long time, Japanese juniors can state they can challenge the Chinese
but its either that 1 small extra push in junior level and then the carry forward to senior level that they are lacking.
I can't say it is inconsistency, or BMT or what, but they are so close but some times still so far....

At the very top level, the difference between each player is often minuscule. The best players are often only a tiny bit better than the rest. But at high level, even a tiny bit of improvement requires a large amount of training (diminishing return and all that). That's why it seems so close, yet so far at the same time.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

At the very top level, the difference between each player is often minuscule. The best players are often only a tiny bit better than the rest. But at high level, even a tiny bit of improvement requires a large amount of training (diminishing return and all that). That's why it seems so close, yet so far at the same time.

I know what you are trying to say
but don't forget, these top junior are high level already (irrespective on Japan or China).
They are top 20 to top 50 senior level material
But for the Chinese, they can climb into the top 20, while Japanese lots of time struggle to go into top 20 because of that little bit extra needed and its been like this for few years now

China can have 5 to 10 players in WR20
Japan will have 2 to 3
at younger age Japan looks more equal to China

You can't say it is only amount of training that is the reason of this, some of the Japanese train more than the Chinese and for what I have personally witnesses, the Japanese has so much more resource than the Chinese nowadays

 

[NextLevel]

Looks like US will have 2 ladies in the main draw. 3 boys as well.

 

[Loopadoop]

USA boys R32

Kanak Jha won
Sharon Alguetti lost
Nikhil Kumar lost

USA Girls R32

Amy Wang won
Rachel Yang lost

 

[Danny21312]

Next round will be tough for Kanak.

 

[Loopadoop]

Live Action Singles

Kanak Jha vs Chinese
Table 1 on YouTube
1 hour 30 minutes

Amy Wang vs Chinese
Table 5 no view
45 minutes

 

[Loopadoop]

Both of above lost to Chinese in R16

 

[Loopadoop]

Girls' Doubles R8

USA Amy Wang and Crystal Wang vs China play in 10 minutes on Table 3

 

[atrapa]

camera/view angle terrible... almost unwatchable
ittf = this is the way how to repel even the TT fans from watching

 

[zeio]

Chinese Taipei has some great talents. Gave Japan a big scare.

Uh-huh.

At this rate, Nagazaki will drop off the radar. She's only less than 2 years younger than Ito and the likes. If CNT's experience applies as well for JNT, she will live under their shadows and fade away. Kihara has it a little better given those 2 extra years, but it will still be difficult for her.

 

[Loopadoop]

Girls' Doubles R8

USA Amy Wang and Crystal Wang vs China play in 10 minutes on Table 3

They lost

All USA entries out. None reached R4.

 

[zeio]

Pletea is such a show-off.

 

[zeio]

Yu Heyi's FH can't get past Pletea.

 

[Danny21312]

What a way to close the match !!

 

[zeio]

This is what Europe needs, a badass FH. You can't beat China with BH alone.

 

[mrk]

Uda wins against Xu Yingbin! Only 2 chinese in HF.