Happy for Yokoi. LA2028 is looking more likely Hina won’t be there. Losing 2 games against SYS and WMY and now losing against lower ranked Yokoi.
It's a marathon. Not a sprint. The actual race doesn't really begin until 2027. From a practical standpoint, the main thing is to be within the top 4 (entry limit for WTT Champions) by the end of the year. But it is a hit to her confidence losing to Akae and now Yokoi. She will have another shot next week at SC Ljubljana.
Its a hit to her confidence but the style change is obvious and the win v Qin is compensatory. Those players are better than Hayata at doing what Hayata is trying to establish.
Watching the highlights, bith Tintin and Connor have extremely strong backhand flicks and this means that any loose short return is not safe and even tight ones are attacksble. Opponents have not figured out how to restrain the dynamic backhands of both players. Their superpower is definitely short game and point setups.
Hayata: 酷い
Losing 3-0 repeatedly for a player that was once in the top 10/15 to players not in the top 10/15 is a massive problem. You make it sound like he didnt loae to Luka 0-3 the last time he played. If Peng loses 2-3, I would call it a tough loss. 0-3, I don"t know.
Some amazing points in that CJS-LSD deuce. Poor LSD ultimately accepted he was cursed lol. So we now know that CJS terrorizes Harimoto and LSD which makes perfect sense when you think about it lol...
Looks like you were more right than me, Park is SMOKING the ball!
