Japan Women's Race to Tokyo 2020 Singles

[Vlad Celler]

merry christmas !

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

"Bijin effect"

 

[Vlad Celler]

Germany Open ... JNT made its move ....(although WD and XD are not yet specified ...)
We are waiting for what CNT will say .....

 

[Jacky Kwok]

Final entries for singles: December 29, 2019
Final entries for doubles: January 5, 2020

 

[Vlad Celler]

Oh,yes....China usually will publish the composition of the team on the last day .... Tomorrow we will see ....

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

in a T-League match today, Hayata beat Yang Haeun 3-2.

of note, Joo SeeHyouk beated Morizono 3-1

 

[Vlad Celler]

Germany Open ... JNT made its move ....(although WD and XD are not yet specified ...)
We are waiting for what CNT will say .....

China, on the eve of Tokyo 2020, is not joking .....Almost the entire top WS is announced ... 14 people .....Against 11 Japanese women ....

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

some T League matches this WE.

ISHIKAWA was on duty today and beated LEE Hoching 3-0
KIHARA won 1-0 the golden set-match against KATO to give the team victory.

and bijin HAMAMOTO lost 0-3 to Suwethanisi.

In Men's HARIMOTO lost to CHO Daesong. GIONIS played and won his 1st match for TT Saitama against CCY for a Veteran's match.

There is more T-League action tomorrow

 

[mrk]

Even if it's "only" T League...Harimoto still cannot handle young players of similar age, insane.

 

[Sali]

some T League matches this WE.

ISHIKAWA was on duty today and beated LEE Hoching 3-0
KIHARA won 1-0 the golden set-match against KATO to give the team victory.

and bijin HAMAMOTO lost 0-3 to Suwethanisi.

In Men's HARIMOTO lost to CHO Daesong. GIONIS played and won his 1st match for TT Saitama against CCY for a Veteran's match.

There is more T-League action tomorrow

Is there any way to watch this games? YT?

 

[Vlad Celler]

Ishikawa lost to Hina Hayata 2: 3

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

please retire SENPAI

 

[Tempest/Comet]

Ishikawa lost to Hina Hayata 2: 3

2 of the 3 Hayata wins were reversals at game point. Nissay took the last tournament of 2019 with a 4:0 win over Kinoshita, and overtook Ishikawa’s team with 8 season win vs her 7.

 

[Vlad Celler]

2 of the 3 Hayata wins were reversals at game point. Nissay took the last tournament of 2019 with a 4:0 win over Kinoshita, and overtook Ishikawa’s team with 8 season win vs her 7.

https://rallys.online/topic/tleague...XDjrsHNDYHHPAcZXXL-tss8aPmgbvg-18k8_C1J-J-ByU

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Not women’s but in TLeague
Gionis beated Niwa 3-0 and Harimoto 1-0 (golden set) today !!!!!
He also beated Chuang Chih Yuan yesterday !

 

[NextLevel]

Not women’s but in TLeague
Gionis beated Niwa 3-0 and Harimoto 1-0 (golden set) today !!!!!
He also beated Chuang Chih Yuan yesterday !

Hopefully there is video. He has one of the best forehands in the world. Very hard to cope with if you aren't strong vs chop and topspin.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

i couldn't find a video on Youtube yet but you can see Gionis in the short highlights video
https://tleague.jp/match/20191230m01

 

[NextLevel]

Surprised that Matsudaira beat Hou 3-0. Funny how TT works sometimes.

 

[zeio]

 

[apacible]

Funny how JTTA wanted to make things exciting and suspenseful with a whole press conference revealing the 3rd Olympic member of the Japanese Men's and Women's team on Jan. 6, 12:55pm Japan Time. It ended up being anticlimactic because the deadline for doubles entries for the German Open is Jan. 5, so JTTA was forced to reveal its intended doubles lineups ahead of time. It's easy to guess the Japan's Olympic team lineup based on who JTTA sent to the German Open. (I may be wrong, but this is my theory based on the German Open doubles pairings)

For the Men's team, the 3rd spot will likely go to Mizutani.

1. Ito/Mizutani XD Pair is declared for the German Open
2. There's no M. Yoshimura/Ishikawa XD Pair declared for the German Open and Yoshimura was the only realistic choice for the 3rd player aside from Mizutani. If M. Yoshimura was selected as the 3rd member over Mizutani, JTTA would likely have sent the Yoshimura/Ishikawa Pair to the German Open to gain ranking points for seeding, but I'm assuming they didn't do that because JTTA knows it's going to send Ito/Mizutani to play XD in the Olympics and means that Miztuani HAS to be part of the Men's team.
3. Niwa/Harimoto is declared as a MD pair. If M. Yoshimura were selected, they would have sent Niwa/M. Yoshimura instead. JTTA still seems to believe the two-lefty pair for Niwa and Mizutani will never work in doubles, so Harimoto, being the only righty on the team, is being sent to practice doubles for the team event.

For the Women's team, the 3rd spot will likely go to Hirano.

1. Ishikawa/Hirano WD pair is declared for the German Open to practice doubles. With Ito likely playing two singles in the team event.
2. No Hayata/Ito or Hayata/Ishikawa WD pair was declared, so it's unlikely Hayata is the 3rd team member.
3. Hayata/Kato is declared for WD. This likely means either Hayata or Kato is the reserve player. I believe JTTA want Hayata and Kato to practice playing Women's doubles again since neither has participated in that event in many months. In case either Ito, Hirano or Ishikawa gets injured, at least Hayata and Kato will have some experience playing WD and can be a suitable replacement. Hayata might have the slight edge over Kato for the reserve spot given she can also play XD with Harimoto, and Hayata/Harimoto was also declared for the German Open.