WTT Star Contender Bangkok 2024 July 2-7

[pongfugrasshopper]

World Table Tennis

worldtabletennis.com

Final WTT tournament before the Olympics. LYJ is top seed in MS, and Hina Hayata is top seed in WS. Not sure why, but Miu Hirano was on the player's list but looks to have with withdrawn. LGY and CXT from China managed to get wildcards to check in on the competition and report back to the CNT. This tournament also marks the return of Han Ying at WR#32. We also get top notch defenders Sato and Hashimoto who will be going through qualifiers.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

I think Miu Hirano is (badly) injured. There's a non-0 chance Kihara will replace her in WT and Miwa in WS ?

 

[joshmak10]

Uda is also back in this tournament but will have to go through qualifying again, even after his superb Tunis performance. I see the Koreans will be at this tournament, backing CDS to win the whole thing (was close to calling it with Uda winning Tunis, if you don’t believe me scroll through the Tunis thread)

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Uda is also back in this tournament but will have to go through qualifying again, even after his superb Tunis performance. I see the Koreans will be at this tournament, backing CDS to win the whole thing (was close to calling it with Uda winning Tunis, if you don’t believe me scroll through the Tunis thread)

I backed Uda as the bonus player at wolrdrankingtabletennis
Also backed Odo

That’s why I’m doing so well in the ranking

 

[NextLevel]

World Table Tennis

worldtabletennis.com

Final WTT tournament before the Olympics. LYJ is top seed in MS, and Hina Hayata is top seed in WS. Not sure why, but Miu Hirano was on the player's list but looks to have with withdrawn. LGY and CXT from China managed to get wildcards to check in on the competition and report back to the CNT. This tournament also marks the return of Han Ying at WR#32. We also get top notch defenders Sato and Hashimoto who will be going through qualifiers.

Looks like Hayata pulled out as well.

 

[turbozed]

Looks like Hayata pulled out as well.

Is this the event where her and Harimoto need to win XD to jump to 3rd for Olympic seeding?

 

[NextLevel]

Is this the event where her and Harimoto need to win XD to jump to 3rd for Olympic seeding?

You mean second? I believe they are already third. To have a chance of being second, I think so but I haven't followed the details so others may know better.

 

[turbozed]

You mean second? I believe they are already third. To have a chance of being second, I think so but I haven't followed the details so others may know better.

Yes sorry second.

Calling @zeio, do you know the status of the race between Hayata/Hari vs LJH/SYB?

 

[zeio]

JPN (3605 pts) is behind KOR (4110 pts) at this point (505 pts apart). Both pairs have no expiring points before 7/16. Not enough points from the pool for JPN to catch up even if they win here (4100 pts vs 4110 pts). Losing the final 0-3 in Rio hurt a lot.

 

[NextLevel]

I guess they just have to hope the draw works in their favor. Without the second seed, it is 50-50.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

JPN (3605 pts) is behind KOR (4110 pts) at this point (505 pts apart). Both pairs have no expiring points before 7/16. Not enough points from the pool for JPN to catch up even if they win here (4100 pts vs 4110 pts). Losing the final 0-3 in Rio hurt a lot.

There is a possibility for them to surpass the S. Koreans, but the S. Koreans would have to lose early as I mentioned in the Tunis thread. The 3605 does not include the winning XD at Tunis. So they drop 105 (current low) and add 400 for a net gain of 295. 3605 + 295 = 3900 so the gap narrows. to 210. That gap can be covered , for example, if Tomo/Hayata win the title and Lim/Shin lose in the SF in Bangkok. That's why Hayata is signed up for XD here even though she's no longer signed up for Singles (exactly as in Tunis). There will be no Hayata vs. CXT for the CNT to analyze .

 

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[zeio]

Oh, yeah, it's only Monday. So as long as KOR reaches the final here, the 2nd seed will be secured.

Suppose KOR reaches the final and JPN wins:
KOR 4110-210+420=4320
JPN 3605-105-280+400+600=4220

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

so one incident that occurred in Tunis and solved in Bangkok

womens doubles finalist trophy from Tunis given to one of the mens
mens doubles finalist trophy given to one of the womens

luckily both players are in Bangkok, so they had exchanged trophies accordingly.

For a moment, the pair become, mixed doubles lol

 

[zeio]

Table tennis, the sport that has achieved gender neutrality.

WTTC 2011 WS Champion - ZJK
https://youtu.be/hOTcFrEQwfU?t=252

WTTC 2013 WD Champions - GY/LXX
https://youtu.be/4Hzn_PkcF-s?t=271

 

[zeio]

早田曼谷女单退赛 (Hayata withdraws from WS of WTT SCT Bangkok 2024)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9072917830
弥留春夏 本子还是不自信啊 (Japanese still isn't confident)
IP属地:卢森堡5楼2024-07-01 11:19收起回复
弥留春夏: 还冲什么混双 混双主动权压根不在他们那 只要林申进决赛他们就没戏 纯粹是单打怕输丢面子 (Why are they still going for XD? The initiative in XD is not in their hands at all. As long as Lin/Shin reaches the final, they have no chance. They are just afraid of losing face in singles)
2024-7-1 11:20回复
时雨晨风: 回复 弥留春夏 :陈幸同还不一定过得了佐藤瞳跟桥本呢 (Chen Xingtong may not be able to get through with Sato Hitomi and Hashimoto)
2024-7-1 13:51回复

早田希娜 为啥啊，要是能拿600，明年世锦赛很有机会拿到前四号种子的 (Why? If she can get 600 pts, she has a good chance of securing the top four seeds in WTTC next year)
IP属地:天津来自Android客户端6楼2024-07-01 11:44收起回复
静心观赛: 明年。太远了吧。指不定奥运后国乒一大堆人退役。 (Next year. That's too far away. There's no telling a lot of CNT players may retire after the Olympics)
2024-7-1 11:47回复
贴吧用户_0DK84DK: 伊藤休斯顿就是四号种子，还不是被王艺迪给灭了，瓜队想做签有的是办法 (Ito was the fourth seed at Houston, but she still got destoryed by Wang Yidi. There are many ways if the CNT wants to fix the draw)
2024-7-1 12:29回复
梦想天空分外蓝_: 回复 贴吧用户_0DK84DK :虽然但是 伊藤休斯顿三号种子 王曼昱四号 (Although, Ito was the third seed at Houston and Wang Manyu was the fourth)
2024-7-1 12:47回复

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

I wonder how many people are following the contender (last week) and star contender today, as serious as "last year"?

No poll option available, but it would be interesting to know, especially since Star Contender now has demoted to a "lower tiered" competition with finals, champion, smash above it.

Imo, with OG just a fortnight away, this star contender is probably also going to be the start of a new era of star contenders that is not as glamorous with world elite participating compared to the previous 2 years of WTT as we know it.

 

[backspacer]

I wonder how many people are following the contender (last week) and star contender today, as serious as "last year"?

No poll option available, but it would be interesting to know, especially since Star Contender now has demoted to a "lower tiered" competition with finals, champion, smash above it.

Imo, with OG just a fortnight away, this star contender is probably also going to be the start of a new era of star contenders that is not as glamorous with world elite participating compared to the previous 2 years of WTT as we know it.

I have not been able to watch much lately, but I haven't been too interested either to be honest. The edited videos come out so late you are already spoiled if you catch a livestream so I don't even bother anymore with catching up on highlights. I did watch the finals highlights, though and got annoyed again when they skipped points in the men's singles final. The past months have become a blur for me with so many tournaments happening.

 

[Shine]

It's obvious that those that are playing in events that are less than six weeks leading up to the commencement of the Olympics are throwing out Hail Marys for ranking points. Not really much of an issue per se, next year people that want points will come around as usual, and guys outside of the top 30 will get more chance to play. It was always destined to be a "mid" event, the prominence it had in the last 2 years was because there weren't enough Smash and Champions events. Since the high tier events have slowly rolled in this year, SCT will find it's rightful place.