WTT Contender Lagos 2025 Jul 22-26

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WTT Contender Lagos 2025 WS Final

 

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WTT Contender Lagos 2025 MS Final

 

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In the last two games, Sreeja got much closer to the level that gave Hayata problems. If she could play consistently at that level she would be top 10. It is easy to forget she also has a win over Wang Yidi.

 

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In the last two games, Sreeja got much closer to the level that gave Hayata problems. If she could play consistently at that level she would be top 10. It is easy to forget she also has a win over Wang Yidi.

besides Winter, Sreeja has the strongest forehand among all the funky rubber players. I always felt she had a more complete game than Batra. Perhaps limited by her height. Batra's non-existent forehand means she gets completely destroyed by choppers.

 

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In the last two games, Sreeja got much closer to the level that gave Hayata problems. If she could play consistently at that level she would be top 10. It is easy to forget she also has a win over Wang Yidi.

Not to take anything away from Sreeja as she's had a fantastic tournament, but even at her best I think top 10 is perhaps too high. Honoka Hashimoto doesn't even make top 10 after her points from Lagos. I think eventually Honoka will make top 10 though. If you put Sreeja in the top 10, then who leaves top 10? I can't place Sreeja ahead of the current #10, Chen Yi.

 

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besides Winter, Sreeja has the strongest forehand among all the funky rubber players. I always felt she had a more complete game than Batra. Perhaps limited by her height. Batra's non-existent forehand means she gets completely destroyed by choppers.

More complete, I don't know, Batra has the height problem but she serves, twiddles and uses the pips at a higher level (though the pip usage level is debatable) and arguably counterloops at a higher level as well, the issue is that Sreeja has that raw opening power and ability to take balls out that Batra can't do in quite the same way. Playing choppers at the level of Hashimoto and Han Ying is hard, but Batra has beaten Suh Hyowon a few times, I don't think your characterization of her game vs chop is completely fair. Many players would never beat the current version of Hashimoto, even the top Chinese.

 

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Not to take anything away from Sreeja as she's had a fantastic tournament, but even at her best I think top 10 is perhaps too high. Honoka Hashimoto doesn't even make top 10 after her points from Lagos. I think eventually Honoka will make top 10 though. If you put Sreeja in the top 10, then who leaves top 10? I can't place Sreeja ahead of the current #10, Chen Yi.

If she plays at the level she played vs Hayata, I have no doubt in the mind. It's also inappropriate in my view to confuse a level with an actual rating. A level is a quality of play. You can achieve a quality of play and never have the ranking. You can also achieve a ranking while the quality of play is debatable. You can have one strong tournament playing at an extremely high level and return to earth after or sustain it long enough to show that this is a new period. Is Hugo playing World Champion level table tennis? Yes. Does he have to win the World Championships to prove it? We can differ on that one. Is Hashimoto playing top 10 table tennis? I have no doubt in my mind. Will she enter the top 10? Who knows.... Did Sreeja play top 10 table tennis vs Hayata? I think so, I don't think Hayata wet the bed, I think she was driven out of the gym by Sreeja's attacks and consistency and high risk play in that match. Can Sreeja play that level consistently? I don't think so, but I have no doubt if she did, she would be at that top 10 level.

 

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This point at 11:11 in the final game was ICE COLD from Honoka