WTT CONTENDER TAIYUAN 2025

[Brs]

What happened with kihara's father? She is so young still, Dad cannot be too old.

And if it is ZYL v Honoka in the final, stamina could again be a factor. ZYL not yet in top shape, as she says herself. And would not expect her to be this early in her comeback.

 

[zeio]

ZYL: 師姐 is going to give you a lesson.

SF
AJH 3-1 CYY (10, -7, 7, 5)
ZYL 3-0 CY (6, 3, 8)

 

[zeio]

QF
LJH 2-3 XP (10, -10, 6, -8, -8)
2 3 lefties down, 2 1 to go... What a draw for someone with an eye-watering track record against lefties...

SF
Matsushima 3-0 XP (6, 9, 3)
Matsushima is to XP as Harimoto is to LSD. Why, CYY?

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Matsushima taking down 3 CNT players in a row with the 3rd being 3-0 over Xiang Peng no less! Great tournament for the 2025 Japanese National Champion. Hope he wins it tomorrow.

 

[NextLevel]

Matsushima taking down 3 CNT players in a row with the 3rd being 3-0 over Xiang Peng no less! Great tournament for the 2025 Japanese National Champion. Hope he wins it tomorrow.

Yeah, Sun Yang is inspired!

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

KIHARA and NAGASAKI not buddies anymore ? they didn't play WD and didn't have the excuse to be each paired with another one

 

[turbozed]

Holy crap that was the most shocking performance I've seen from Matsushima. Don't think I've ever seen a display of power like that from a Japanese player. Kid was throwing fireballs for the entire match. What I liked was that he was hitting with apparently 100% power but still had the composure to look for the ball coming back (something XP often scores a lot of points with).

When he's on top of his game, Matsushima looks levels above the rest of his teammates. But when he's slumping he'll just capitulate a run of points, or sometimes even just the rest of the match.

Wonder if being a streaky momentum player is just built in, or if there's a way to get that same performance out of him consistently and with a bit more patience and strategy sometime in the future.

 

[Robin0910]

Xiang Peng was clobbered today by Matsushima as much as he clobbered Lee Sang Su in Incheon.

 

[NextLevel]

Holy crap that was the most shocking performance I've seen from Matsushima. Don't think I've ever seen a display of power like that from a Japanese player. Kid was throwing fireballs for the entire match. What I liked was that he was hitting with apparently 100% power but still had the composure to look for the ball coming back (something XP often scores a lot of points with).

When he's on top of his game, Matsushima looks levels above the rest of his teammates. But when he's slumping he'll just capitulate a run of points, or sometimes even just the rest of the match.

Wonder if being a streaky momentum player is just built in, or if there's a way to get that same performance out of him consistently and with a bit more patience and strategy sometime in the future.

In table tennis, such days usually become more common as you enter your prime. Though in Sora's case I am not always sure how much of it is a result of the opponent feel pressure struggling with his hidden serves. The offense is sublime though when it is going, his match against WCQ showed that.

 

[NextLevel]

What happened with kihara's father? She is so young still, Dad cannot be too old.

And if it is ZYL v Honoka in the final, stamina could again be a factor. ZYL not yet in top shape, as she says herself. And would not expect her to be this early in her comeback.

ZYL has great accuracy and controls attacks. And she isn't perturbed by power. But Honoka managed to get in vs Hayata and push Harimoto. I don't think fatigue will.br factor as much as whether it enters expedite and whether Zhu's placements are good enough to fluster Hashimoto.

 

[KiwiPong]

KIHARA and NAGASAKI not buddies anymore ? they didn't play WD and didn't have the excuse to be each paired with another one

Also, neither one had a coach with them while the Miki House coach was there for Okoi (does Hashimoto have a coach there?)

 

[Vlad Celler]

What a pity that Hashimoto's is not listed anywhere else in April and May!

ZYL has great accuracy and controls attacks. And she isn't perturbed by power. But Honoka managed to get in vs Hayata and push Harimoto. I don't think fatigue will.br factor as much as whether it enters expedite and whether Zhu's placements are good enough to fluster Hashimoto.

 

[zeio]

KIHARA and NAGASAKI not buddies anymore ? they didn't play WD and didn't have the excuse to be each paired with another one

May have to do with Kihara given the wildcard at the last minute, way past the deadline.

 

[zeio]

What happened with kihara's father? She is so young still, Dad cannot be too old.

And if it is ZYL v Honoka in the final, stamina could again be a factor. ZYL not yet in top shape, as she says herself. And would not expect her to be this early in her comeback.

Stamina will be less of an issue after a night's rest, especially for those who rely more on their TTQ than form. Compare Ito (brains) with Hayata (brawn) when it comes to playing choppers.

Nerve could be a bigger problem, as ZYL said back in World Team Cup 2015, where she fell into Ri Myong Sun's pace and teething problems with the cellulose acetate ball that took away her variations with the celluloid ball, making it easier for choppers to cope with her game, and ZYL came out on top by grinding her down. This will be the first time ZYL plays Hashimoto using the ABS ball and Hashimoto could change her tactics just like Ri Myong Sun did and in case ZYL plays into it, only then will stamina come into play.

朱雨玲：半决赛紧张到腿不会动 削球能力要增强 (Zhu Yuling: I was so nervous in the semi-final that my legs couldn't move. Need to improve against choppers)
https://sports.sohu.com/20150112/n407709633.shtml

2015 World Team Cup Highlights: ZHU Yuling vs RI Myong Sun (FINAL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XGIdBgRMQs

Honoka Hashimoto vs Mima Ito | WS Final | WTT Star Contender Bangkok 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oa2ytOA2Jc

橋本帆乃香 vs 伊藤美誠 日本ペイントマレッツ vs 日本生命レッドエルフ TリーグNOJIMA CUP2023 女子準々決勝 第3コート 第2試合 2023年06月18日【卓球 Tリーグ】
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXD_WOYelrM

Hina Hayata vs Honoka Hashimoto | Match Highlights | #WTTChennai 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KysVq7MpmnQ

Hina Hayata vs Honoka Hashimoto | WS QF | WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ITkr_JzzeQ

 

[mikeytt]

Wow sora played great vs Xiang peng, such a powerful forehand

 

[joshmak10]

Damn. All Chinese knocked out before the final. Sora took advantage of XP's burnout and crushed him just like XP to LSS

 

[piligrim]

Damn. All Chinese knocked out before the final. Sora took advantage of XP's burnout and crushed him just like XP to LSS

You simply repeat what before said Robin0910 ))))

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Damn. All Chinese knocked out before the final. Sora took advantage of XP's burnout and crushed him just like XP to LSS

Technically true for the women too since ZYL represents Macau. ZYL knocked out QTY and CY. Yokoi knocked out Xu Yi. Hashimoto was a workhorse taking out Liu Weishan, Zong Geman, and Qin Yuxuan.

 

[blahness]

What a big FH Sora has! When his FH is on he is a bit unstoppable. Sora's FH is on Wang Chuqin level of threat especially on that 3rd ball, it just looks nasty af to defend. Xiang Peng made the mistake of pushing long too much to him - should have stuck to more short pushes (but that is easier said than done against the hidden serve lol)

 

[banbekas]

What a big FH Sora has! When his FH is on he is a bit unstoppable. Sora's FH is on Wang Chuqin level of threat especially on that 3rd ball, it just looks nasty af to defend. Xiang Peng made the mistake of pushing long too much to him - should have stuck to more short pushes (but that is easier said than done against the hidden serve lol)

Both are way too similar in that regards lol