ITTF-ATTU Asian Championships Tashkent 2026, 10/18-25

[NextLevel]

I support whoever makes the team whether or not that includes Hayata. But currently, she has the 2nd highest ranking in Japan and there's a high probability she will kick off 2027 in that 2nd position. That's the cold hard fact that you don't seem to accept. If Sato or Odo moves into the 2nd spot, I'm perfectly fine with that. It means they've worked hard to outrank Hayata. But beyond that, all of the Japanese women, obviously including Hina, need to up their game to compete with China.

Other than a few people who have extremely strong or personal reasons to be fans of and support the success of apecific players (maybe they want Odo or Nagasaki to qualify over Hayata because those are their favorite players), this is how most regular fans think. For some reason people think it is easy to be as consistent as Hayata has been in remaining at the top. Somehow lots of unnamed players not named Miwa Harimoto are supposedly doing it. And if Hayata falls from thr top, so be it, let her overall performance dictate that. Cherrypicking losses in finals, semi finals and quarter finals to top level opposition who will largely beat anyone they face at similar stages is somehow a strong argument in the minds of many but that is emotional thinking, not evidence-based logic. If this was about picking Miwa vs Hayata, there would be no debate. But when it becomes Hayata against anyone else, everyone begins to forget how well you have to play to get to a stage that the CNT even cares about you and when you do, they forget the resources.

I would be happy to replace Hayata if there were clearly better options. But at this point, people think options even if not clearly better is a brilliant argument. I don't think Mizutani ever beat Ma Long or Zhang Jike. But i could be wrong.

 

[zeio]

The comment is not a knock on Hashimoto, but it's not a simple thing such as insert 2 choppers equals success. Let the process play out. We'll find out who makes the team a year from now.

You just don't get it. Hashimoto and Sato are for WD and the WD match in XT! There is only 1 singles match in XT and that rests on Harimoto.

As MLin has pointed out recently, doubles events command equal importance now, exactly what I pointed out late last year and you had to argue how Hirano did not have impressive results. Now tell me her WS and WD results in 2026?

Harimoto/Hayata have next to 0% chance of beating WMY/KM. 0:11 in G1 of WD F at Aichi-Nagoya 2026 was a shock to the whole table tennis world as former HKG head coach Chan Kong Wah put it. Once again, he couldn't stop praising Harimoto and had nothing good to say about Hayata and Ito (here and here).

Feel free to argue with the current/former coaches and players to the blue, as I've stressed repeatedly.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

You just don't get it. Hashimoto and Sato are for WD and the WD match in XT! There is only 1 singles match in XT and that rests on Harimoto.

As MLin has pointed out recently, doubles events command equal importance now, exactly what I pointed out late last year and you had to argue how Hirano did not have impressive results. Now tell me her WS and WD results in 2026?

Harimoto/Hayata have next to 0% chance of beating WMY/KM. 0:11 in G1 of WD F at Aichi-Nagoya 2026 was a shock to the whole table tennis world as former HKG head coach Chan Kong Wah put it. Once again, he couldn't stop praising Harimoto and had nothing good to say about Hayata and Ito (here and here).

Feel free to argue with the current/former coaches and players to the blue, as I've stressed repeatedly.

We could argue until we're both blue in the face but it just doesn't matter. That is why I say just let the process play out. The selection process is what it is. Let's just look forward to a competitive race.

 

[NextLevel]

We could argue until we're both blue in the face but it just doesn't matter. That is why I say just let the process play out. The selection process is what it is. Let's just look forward to a competitive race.

We may get lucky and Japan may revise their system to match what many here seem to want to give TTD some relief. Until then, we just continue to watch the matches snd enjoy great table tennis.

 

[FIXPOINT]

Scheduled Matches:
All times are local time.
Live streaming https://www.youtube.com/@attulive6613/streams

Sun 25 Oct 2026
10:00 T1 WD SF HARIMOTO(JPN)/HAYATA(JPN) - CHEN(CHN)/JIANG(CHN)
10:00 T2 WD SF ODO(JPN)/NAGASAKI(JPN) - KUAI(CHN)/WANG(CHN)
10:45 T1 MD SF LIN(CHN)/HUANG(CHN) - PANG(SGP)/QUEK(SGP)
10:45 T2 MD SF WONG(HKG)/CHAN(HKG) - WEN(CHN)/YUAN(CHN)
11:30 T1 WS SF HARIMOTO Miwa(JPN) - KUAI Man(CHN)
11:30 T2 WS SF CHEN Yi(CHN) - WANG Yidi(CHN)
12:15 T1 MS SF LI Tianyang(CHN) - KUO Guan-Hong(TPE)
12:15 T2 MS SF WEN Ruibo(CHN) - HARIMOTO Tomokazu(JPN)
15:00 T1 WD Finals -
16:00 T1 MD Finals -
17:00 T1 WS Finals -
18:00 T1 MS Finals -

 

[pingpongnerd]

Check the result vs Hitomi Sato at the US Smash. Sometimes relying on AI when you don't watch the matches can result in your joining them in hallucinations.

My bad, I got it mixed up with The Doha Contender 9 months ago where KM lost to Sato. That is still 6 losses to choppers this year for KM.