2024 WTT Contender Rio De Janeiro 5/20-5/26

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[zeio]

After G1: Ito does it like this and that...
https://youtu.be/zu2s_jILDPo?t=6570
After G2: I'm done copying Ito. zeio always says it has nothing to do with skills, but perseverance. He will tell me to retire if I lose like this.
https://youtu.be/zu2s_jILDPo?t=6975
After G3:
https://youtu.be/zu2s_jILDPo?t=7497

 

[zeio]

The one thing I found interesting was that the last two points that Nagasaki won with backhand, she went flat rather than spin and the change in timing and the magnitude of the moment made Hayata miss the ball. It was nice to see Miyu play with the kind of variation that she usually doesn't use with her athletic style.

The trajectory of those two BHs was very unusual, almost like the quirky trajectory of H3. Could have something to do with the mugginess in the hall (increasing the drag and thus the laminar layer on the ball breaks off slightly later which increases the dip?) as Mengel said he and Harimoto were affected.

Favoritenstürze beim WTT Contender Rio: Mengel bezwingt Harimoto, Schreiner besiegt Mittelham
https://www.tischtennis.de/news/fav...ngt-harimoto-schreiner-besiegt-mittelham.html

 

[zeio]

poor Miyu KATO has already retired... her Instagram is only about food now

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The Lost Generation of table tennis, but Shibata, Sato and especially Kato who wished she didn't have to compete with the Golden Generation still got to shine in WS given their relatively lower levels, respectively, so still not quite as unfortunate as Nagasaki and Kihara, as well as Yokoi and Odo.

Kato should feel proud she didn't win both selection trials for nothing.

WTTC 2017
R32 Sato 3-2 -> 3-4 Samara
R16 Kato 0-4 Mu Zi, R32 Kato 4-3 YHE
WTTC 2019
R16 Sato 2-4 WMY
QF Kato 0-4 LSW, R16 Kato 4-0 CSY, R32 Kato 4-2 CIC
WTTC 2021
R32 Shibata 2-1 -> 2-3 -> 3-4 Ito, R64 Shibata 1-2 -> 4-3 Eerland
WTTC 2023
R32 Nagasaki 0-4 Hayata
R16 Kihara 2-4 CM, R32 Kihara 4-1 Meshref, R64 Kihara 4-0 Paranang

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

yes Kato got some very honorable results and maxxed her (more limited) potential IMO

its pretty normal she wants to retire. What could she do better now

 

[backspacer]

I have seen Kato do video collabs on YouTube a few months back. Maybe she will go down the ambassador route?

 

[zeio]

Just realized Strassburger is a Cpen player. She has better looking strokes than some CNT players.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKy9ZOjqgNk