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

[passifid]

Why would you retire from a sport if you're 26 years old and #6 in the world? Sounds ridiculous coming from other sports.

Because he thinks only athletes who cannot regularly beat the Chinese top 2 should retire. While ignoring that is every single player

 

[Janard]

Oof! Kind of happy for CY who took the fall for WT.

Meanwhile, Miwa should probably reduce the number of events she plays? She looked drained during the WS finals.

 

[zeio]

WS F
Harimoto 0-3 CY (-5, -8, -6)
G1 06, 36, 310 dead net for CY, 510, 511 Harimoto served off the table
G2 20, 22, 32, 33 slight net for CY, 36, 46 dead net for Harimoto, 56 net for Harimoto, 76, 78 TO for Harimoto, 88 CY served into the net, 810 slight net for CY, 811
G3 30, 35, 45, 46, 66, 68 slight net for CY, 610 slight net for CY, 611
4 events, 4 finals, 2 gold, 2 silver.

How did Hirano get through 3 core CNT players at ATTC 2017 on Chinese home soil? 2 events.

 

[zeio]

Oof! Kind of happy for CY who took the fall for WT.

Meanwhile, Miwa should probably reduce the number of events she plays? She looked drained during the WS finals.

Hayata needs to go. Hashimoto/Sato could've reduced her burden. If this goes on, expect the same thing for LA28.

 

[JackJohnson]

Oof! Kind of happy for CY who took the fall for WT.

Meanwhile, Miwa should probably reduce the number of events she plays? She looked drained during the WS finals.

This is why we need the double chopper back as a WD pair so Miwa can focus on WS and XD (unless partnership is ending with Sora by the rumours)

 

[NextLevel]

Like for MT F at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026, they probably went with this lineup based on H2H. Both WYD and CY won in straight games the last time against Hashimoto at CHN GS 2026 and SGP GS 2026, respectively, whereas KM was still expecting her first win over Hashimoto. And like for WTTC 2026, they probably used KM to lure Hashimoto away and limit the potential damage. Given that, even if Nakazawa didn't fall for that again (see his rationale at WTTC 2026 below), their fallback plan was for WYD and CY to get 1 match each off of either Harimoto or Hashimoto, with KM securing the 3rd singles against Hayata. They probably didn't expect CY to end up with 0-6. It was too much to ask of WYD to get the last match after the drain, going from 10:6 to 10:12 in G1.

In much the same way, Nakazawa putting Hayata in 3rd singles limited the potential damage as well and "freeing up" Hashimoto despite those 2 losses turned out to be the right move. Therefore, Hashimoto losing to KM in WS afterward should be treated differently than Hayata and Odo losing to CY and WYD, respectively, because the former had and still has in future matches better odds of pulling an upset despite all finishing in QF. It's asinine not to leverage that potential.

Between a Hayata that's been dissected like Ito, and a Hashimoto that's in the process of being "profiled", who would you pick? Other than Hashimoto, who else is a better choice? Odo just because of those 2 wins over WMY and CY that apparently didn't matter to Nakazawa? And to this day she still has hardly anything to show for WD/WT. Even Hirano, Kihara and Nagasaki did better when it mattered.

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...hat-much-to-begin-with-1169.35128/post-579979

(▪️ The gap between us and China is evident in our everyday lives. We must raise the bar to become the world’s best.
I didn’t agonize too much over the lineup against China for the final. Given their roster, I figured there was a high probability that Kuai Man would be placed in the third match. If that were the case, Hashimoto was the one best suited to secure that point. My plan was for either Miwa or Hayata to pick up a win in the early stages, followed by Hashimoto reliably taking the third match to give us the lead.)

Date	Event Name	Stage	Sub-Event	Round	Player A	Player B	Games	Result	Winner
Sep 2025	China Smash 2025 Presented by Beijing Shijingshan Culture & Tourism Group	Main Draw	WS	R16	WANG Yidi	HASHIMOTO Honoka	11:8 11:3 12:10	3 - 0	WANG Yidi
Aug 2025	Europe Smash - Sweden 2025	Main Draw	WS	R16	WANG Yidi	HASHIMOTO Honoka	7:11 6:11 11:7 10:12	1 - 3	HASHIMOTO Honoka
Jul 2025	United States Smash 2025	Main Draw	WS	R16	WANG Yidi	HASHIMOTO Honoka	9:11 5:11 9:11	0 - 3	HASHIMOTO Honoka
Nov 2018	World Tour Austrian Open Linz 2018	Qualification	WS	QR64	WANG Yidi	HASHIMOTO Honoka	5:11 11:9 8:11 5:11 5:11	1 - 4	HASHIMOTO Honoka

Date	Event Name	Stage	Sub-Event	Round	Player A	Player B	Games	Result	Winner
Feb 2026	Singapore Smash 2026 Presented by Resorts World Sentosa	Main Draw	WS	R16	CHEN Yi	HASHIMOTO Honoka	11:3 11:5 11:9	3 - 0	CHEN Yi
Feb 2026	ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup Haikou 2026	Qualification	WS		CHEN Yi	HASHIMOTO Honoka	10:12 11:3 7:11 8:11	1 - 3	HASHIMOTO Honoka
Oct 2019	ITTF Challenge Belarus Open Minsk 2019	Main Draw	WS	R32	CHEN Yi	HASHIMOTO Honoka	4:11 4:11 11:3 8:11 11:9 3:11	2 - 4	HASHIMOTO Honoka
Feb 2019	ITTF Challenge Plus Portugal Open Lisbon 2019	Main Draw	WS	R32	CHEN Yi	HASHIMOTO Honoka	11:9 3:11 11:9 5:11 14:12 8:11 6:11	3 - 4	HASHIMOTO Honoka

Date	Event Name	Stage	Sub-Event	Round	Player A	Player B	Games	Result	Winner
Apr 2026	ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals London 2026 Presented by ACN	Main Draw	WT	Final	KUAI Man	HASHIMOTO Honoka	6:11 11:5 6:11 8:11	1 - 3	HASHIMOTO Honoka
Jul 2022	WTT Feeder European Summer Series 2022	Main Draw	WS	SemiFinal	KUAI Man	HASHIMOTO Honoka	6:11 6:11 1:11 8:11	0 - 4	HASHIMOTO Honoka
Oct 2019	ITTF Challenge Belarus Open Minsk 2019	Main Draw	WS	QuarterFinal	KUAI Man	HASHIMOTO Honoka	6:11 5:11 11:8 3:11 7:11	1 - 4	HASHIMOTO Honoka

The CNT dif not predict Hashimoto would play 2. If you have any evidence they did, you can share it. I think they fully prepped Kuai Man for Hashimoto ans it showed in their singles match

In any case, we will see how this all plays out. Hopefully, you atill think that Chen Yi's lack of success at the junior level has some special meaning and her growth spurt hurt her table tennis in some permanent way. You make such random statements but never the mea culpas.

 

[pingpongnerd]

Hayata needs to go. Hashimoto/Sato could've reduced her burden. If this goes on, expect the same thing for LA28.

Agreed. Hayata is the cancer of the team.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Miwa got bokobokoed by CY

 

[NextLevel]

Oof! Kind of happy for CY who took the fall for WT.

Meanwhile, Miwa should probably reduce the number of events she plays? She looked drained during the WS finals.

This event is different in the degree of strain it puts on you if you olay multiple events. The Olympics currently has no overlap between major events. Very different. That said, it will be up to Japan to decide. If they really want Sato and Hashimoto to play doubles, they had better reatart that teamup soon, otherwise it will be face a few hurdles. Though one could argue establishing it late could work.

But right now, Hashimoto and Hayata are reasonably a silver medal team. Hopefully, both players will happily give that up.since everyone knows what is good for Japan and not for them.

 

[NextLevel]

Miwa got bokobokoed by CY

Miwa did well in too many events. Clearly exhaustion played a minor role given the level of the opposition. Chen Yi did play the same but reached one less final which gave her more rest lol.

 

[pingpongnerd]

Miwa looked totally spent on the court out there. She must be glad the torture is over.

 

[NextLevel]

Agreed. Hayata is the cancer of the team.

It is really unfrotunate that people are using language like this but so be it.

 

[passifid]

Garymoto will not go down this easily for sure. Look forward to seeing his adjustments

 

[Janard]

Tomo Vs LTY is looking like a Swedish Open 2018 ZYL Vs Ito.

 

[pingpongnerd]

Miwa did well in too many events. Clearly exhaustion played a minor role given the level of the opposition. Chen Yi did play the same but reached one less final which gave her more rest lol.

I would the exhaustion played a major role. Probably a 4 or 5 points differential in each set.

 

[NextLevel]

Japan needs to being Yuto Muromatsu to the team as a special training partner lol....

 

[astarr]

What a start for Li Tianyang

 

[NextLevel]

Tomo's defense is failing him. The offense is mildly suprising but his defense is not even getting any attacks back.

 

[NextLevel]

The defense is back. Awesome.

PS: I spooke too soon lol...

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Tomokazu needs to learn how to play against choppers...