WTT Contender Zagreb 2022 & Lima 2022, 6/13-19

Gonna be a busy week with both events taking place at the same time.

Zagreb
https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?eventId=2539
MS
Main draw
Moregard, Jorgic, Miwa's brother, Gacina, WCT, Uda, Filus, JWJ, Achanta, Lebesson, Togami, big Lebrun, AJH, Shinozuka...
QLF draw
Xiang Peng, Dyjas, small Lebrun, Lin Shidong, Cho Daeseong, Alamiyan, Jarvis, Oikawa, Cho Seungmin...

WS
Main draw
Hayata, Ito, DHK, Yuan Jia Nan, Shan Xiaona, CSY, CIC, Szocs, Kuai Man, Ni Xia Lian, Hirano...
QLF draw
Sato, Kim Nayeong...

Lima
https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?eventId=2574
MS
Main draw
Calderano, Ovtcharov, Qiu, LJH, Gauzy, Jha, Groth, Robles, Niwa, Apolonia...
WS
Main draw
Diaz, Mittelham, Matelova, Balazova, Zhang An, De Nutte, Sasao, Kumahara, Mori, Nagasaki, Pavade, Cheng Hsien-Tzu...

MONNA Luisa of Japan.

Mima Ito did grow upto a living legend. She has no more rival to contend with, no more attraction for any competitions. She is much like Monna Luisa, the famous paint by old Italian master Da Vinchi. Monna Luisa did surpassed by far all women throughout the human history. So did Mima Ito.



Edited by igorponger - 05/18/2022 at 8:12pm

Ito has canceled her XD entry again.

   ATP have guts a lot, ITTF crawling low.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/may/20/wimbledon-stripped-of-ranking-points-over-banning-of-russian-players-tennis

ITTF took a role of a torture tool, to opress some particular countries.. We got aware very well who is running this machine of injustice. It was IOC that enforced Mrs Sorling into doing the injustice on my country.

Regretful to say, all ITTF member Associations and all the individual table tennis players proved a faint heart with a zero amount of courage, while ATP and WTA players all stand united against the unworthy Wimbldon's harassment and discrimination of particular players for political reasons...

Edited by igorponger - 05/21/2022 at 12:48am

A little Chinese delegation with Kuai Man as the highest ranked player.

Edited by kakapo - 05/21/2022 at 2:33am

hleett wrote: oldttguy wrote: Will be great to see Dima back in action Dima is playing in this event?

Finally! Uda/Ito make it as the 14th pair and will play in Zagreb after Ho Kwan Kit/Lee Ho Ching canceled their entry. The host wild cards have been given to Karakasevic/Surjan and Ban/Arapovic.

https://wttapigateway.azure-api.net/prod/api/cms/GetPlayerEntriesforEventBySubEventId/2539/497

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Edited by zeio - 06/09/2022 at 6:47am

Zagreb

MS R32
Moregard vs Togami
Big Lebrun vs Franziska
Uda vs AJH

WS Potential QR2
Kim Nayeong vs Sato
R32
DHK vs Kuai Man
Yuan Jia Nan vs Szocs
Potential R16
Hayata vs Hirano
Ni Xia Lian vs Han Ying

All hope rests on Kim Nayeong now that Shin Yubin has to undergo another operation after WTT Feeder Fremont and Feeder Westchester.

More on SYB:
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20220427149000007
https://www.donga.com/news/Sports/article/all/20220522/113555307/1
https://www.mk.co.kr/news/sports/view/2022/05/451763/
https://biz.chosun.com/sports/sports_general/2022/05/23/OSPDAGQ5D7XPYNTMJMRED36KGM/
https://www.chosun.com/sports/sports_photo/2022/05/20/IISCKV4ZCQFLUCBSN54QYJ63UQ/

Edited by zeio - 06/14/2022 at 8:05am

WTT Contender Zagreb
Huang Yan-Cheng 3-2 Oikawa

JNT: Oikawa!

Edited by zeio - 06/14/2022 at 1:57pm

zeio wrote: WTT Contender Zagreb Huang Yan-Cheng 3-2 Oikawa JNT: Oikawa!

Tough opening match for Truls Moregard as well playing Shunsuke Togami.  Another one to watch will be rising young star Hiroto Shinozuka (JPN) vs. Chen Yuanyu (CHN).

LIN Yun-Ju

Möregårdh takes down Togami 3-1 in a very close match and now looks to face Wang Chen Ce who is looking strong in this event.

igorponger wrote: CHILDISH SPORTS. The Best of Five games format is some mokery of real sport of Table tennis. Very poor spectacle, lacking of athleticism and tension.. Child_play, not worth of the time spend for watching, sorry.

kakapo wrote: kindof99 wrote: Lin Shidong had a lot of trouble receiving HT’s serves.  And he really played in a rush in the 5th game. Not sure he will be “the one” for the next cnt generation  Well, for a premiere, vs a top 10 player, he did not do that bad IMO, he was not far from winning this match.  Also, it was time for Harimoto to win Vs a Chinese player, even if this Chinese player is the 50th strongest Chinese player only.