JNT is likely doing that in protest.
other then ito i think hayata has the most potential to beat the chinese players. She is very unlucky with her draws in 2019. This year she has only lost 1 game to a non chinese player on the world tour. Other then that she went 13-0 and MVP in the japanese league, but lost an already "won" game against kato miyu on the japanese wttc-tryouts.
I could be wrong but i feel other then Ito and hayata all other japanese players instantly lose against every chinese player. Even if they are 2nd or 3rd string players.
Hmmm...with LSW’s withdrawal, there is no seeded top Chinese in Ito-Hirano quarter. Opportunity beckons. This makes the Ito-Hirano match even more intriguing and enticing to watch.
By the way, Hayata in the rating for August may rise slightly upwards - approximately nr.34 ...And in the September rankings, theoretically, a place can get 29-30 ....
But this is not because of the game, but because of the subtraction of old bonuses for those who were higher ....
They did. Japan Op 2018. Lost in the 2nd round, with Harimoto.It’s interesting that JNT never tests mix double with Hirano. They basically tested all the left/right hand combinations of the Olympics contenders: Harimoto/Ishikawa, Harimoto/Hayata, Yoshimura/Ishikawa, Niwa/Ito, Mizutani/Ito. And actually I want to see how it will look like for Yoshimura/Hayata.
By the way, Ishikawa is so lucky to draw to the only quarter without a CNT for the Australia Open Single. So she will high likely be advanced to quarter final. On the other hand either Ito or Hirano will not make it to quarter final (or maybe both cannot if they lose to Qian Tianyi).
You can say no CNT through the round of 16 (aka R16).Sorry, I mean the section of quarter final, i.e. half of a quarter. How to call it? Something like an octa?
Sorry, I mean the section of quarter final, i.e. half of a quarter. How to call it? Something like an octa?