Asiad 2022 - 早田/平野/木原/長﨑/張本

Also, T.League 2023/2024 will start on 7/29 for men's and 7/30 for women's.

Harimoto will turn 15 on the 16th. Ito first beat DN at ~15.5.

Rather than too early, it's too hard. Back then, Ito competed against Ishikawa, Fukuhara, Sayaka Hirano, and Miu Hirano. In contrast, Harimoto has to compete against Hayata, Hirano, Ito, (Ishikawa), Kihara, Nagasaki, Shibata, Sato, and Hashimoto.

The T.League managed to turn a profit for the 3rd straight year.

Tリーグ、2022年度も黒字。黒字額は1億円超えか
https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/99677

Nagasaki: "(Kihara) is a mother figure to me."

世界選手権女子ダブルスで銅メダル獲得の「Wみゆう」がメダル報告会に出席。「（木原選手は）私にと�£てお母さんみたいな存在です」（長﨑）
https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/100667

apacible wrote: kaitenNashi wrote: After WTTC: 1. Hayata:332.5 + 135 = 467.5 2. Hirano: 207 + 40 = 247 3. Ito: 155.5 + 80 = 235.5 4. Kihara: 182 + 40 = 222 5. Nagasaki: 158 + 20 = 178 6. Sato: 175 7. Miwa: 160.5 8. Shibata: 137 With an almost 60 point lead on Sato, Ito's spot in the Asian championships is relatively safe unless she has another early-round exit at the 5th Paris Trials. It's entirely possible for Miwa to weasel her way into the roster and I hope that she does. zeio wrote: Nojima Cup 2023 (6/17-18, draw on 16) next. If Ito *bleeps* up there, her R16 finish at Zennoh Cup Hiratsuka will bite her hard at the 5th trial.  As previously mentioned, I'm not sure if points earned from the 5th Road to Paris Trials will even be considered in determining the Top 5 players for the Asian Championships. apacible wrote: The next checkpoint for players is to be Top 5 in Paris Points 30 days from the date of the final entry deadline so they can qualify for the 2023 Asian Championships from Sept. 3-10 in Korea. The prospectus of the Asian Championships hasn't been released yet but as a rough estimate, entry deadlines are around 3 weeks before the date of the competition. That's the week of August 13, 2023. 30 days before that is July 13, 2023. That means, there is a high chance that the 5th Road to Paris tournament scheduled for July 22-23, 2023, will not be included in computing the Top 5 Paris Points standings to determine the representatives of the Asian Championships. (because it falls less than 30 days from the date of the final entry deadline.) Last chances to gain Paris points for Asian Championships 2023 WTTC 2023 T. League Individual Tournament/Nojima Cup dated June 17-18, 2023 Wins vs Top 3 Chinese (Highly unlikely we see them in the Contender events so this is likely moot) If my interpretation of this phrase is correct "�£体・シングルスの�£表選手を、アジア卓球選手権平昌大会（以下、アジア選手権）エントリー最終日の 30 日前までのパリオリンピックシングルス選考ポイント（以下、選考ポイント）" then Hayata, Hirano, Ito, and Kihara's spots in the Asian Championships are confirmed. If the T.League Individual Tournament is the only tournament left, they cannot be overtaken by 2 or more players below them in standings.  This means that the 5th and last Asian Championships spot is a race between Nagasaki, Sato, and M. Harimoto. For Harimoto to make it, she needs to earn at least 20pts more than both Nagasaki and Sato in this tournament. For example, if both Nagasaki and Sato lose in the QF of the T.League Individual Tournament, Harimoto will need to finish at least 3rd. If Nagasaki and Sato both lose in the SF, Harimoto would have to finish 1st. If one of Nagasaki or Sato is 4th place and the other loses in the QF, Harimoto would need to finish 2nd. For Nagasaki and Sato, since their points are nearly identical, securing an Asian Championships spot would come down to if Sato can finish a round better than Nagasaki without getting overtaken by Harimoto.

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Hayata's hometown, has decided to bid for WTTC 2028.    Kitakyushu lost the bid for WTTC 2022 to Chengdu in 2019. WTTC 2014 was the last time Japan won the bid.

https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/100398

Yes, WTT (Cup) Finals = World Cup + World Tour Grand Finals.

Yokoi and Harimoto land in Hayata's quarter.

Ito with Hashimoto and Mori in quarter 2. Hirano with Nagasaki and Shibata in quarter 3. Kihara with Odo, Sato and Ando in quarter 4.

Edited by zeio - 06/16/2023 at 3:41am

JTTA has updated the selection criteria for the XD pair for ATTC 2023.

2023年アジア卓球選手権平昌大会日本�£表選手選考基準
https://jtta.or.jp/news/11705

アジア選手権は世界選手権及びパリ五輪大陸予選を兼ねることが決定
https://jtta.or.jp/news/13337

zeio wrote: https://tleague.jp/singles/2023/ MS Draw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk4bjxOyTVE WS Draw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UwYod5SfVk

Edited by apacible - 06/16/2023 at 2:19pm

Sato performed in key events that mattered, namely finishing 5th and 6th at Zennihon Takkyu 2022 and 2023. The one in 2022 that served as the initial seeding set the tone for the rest of the trials.

Had it not been Sato who took out Hashimoto 4-3 in QF of Lion Cup, Hashimoto would've been the "5th wheel" for WTTC 2022.

Had it not been I Ayano who took out Kihara 4-1 in R16 of Zennoh Cup Hiratsuka, Kihara could very well have been the one in the final instead of Harimoto, and Harimoto would have 0 chances of qualifying for WS of ATTC 2023 here.

In terms of favorable draw, Kihara actually takes it home here. Even Ishikawa pales in comparison.

Edited by zeio - 06/16/2023 at 10:24pm

is there a translated list of the mens singles draw anywhere? i only see an image of the draw on the website

Rin Mende is improving so fast.  She gave Saki Yokoi all she could handle.  She makes up for her thin frame with solid technique.  There's no wasted motion in her strokes and her FH is much better than last year.  But Yokoi's power won out in the end.  

Nagasaki 1-4 TAMURA Mika
G4 97, 911
G5 108, 1012

https://youtu.be/XtVIW7TGaio?t=63


Edited by zeio - 06/17/2023 at 1:37am

I watched Nagasaki’s match live…..was a bit surprised she lost but she made a lot of unforced errors. Nerves? She just had a birthday, maybe too much partying lol?