Zennihon Takkyu 2022.1.24~30

JTTA: We listened!

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/showthread.php?24713-2021-All-Japan-National-Championships&p=335228&viewfull=1#post335228

Ito & Hayata: Tell Zennoh to stop fixing the draw! We've had enough!

Edited by zeio - 12/16/2021 at 4:30am

Spectators will be allowed on day 6 and 7.

https://rallys.online/read/211218jtta/
https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/15218

Ito: The big goal is to win all matches at the WTTC. One by one, I want to win as many matches as possible. I want to have an interesting year.

https://www.daily.co.jp/general/2021/12/17/0014921875.shtml

１月の全日本選手権では３年ぶりの頂点を目指し、５月には世界選手権�£体戦（中国・成都）のビッグマッチを控える。日本のエースは「世界�£体で全勝することが大きな目標。一試合一試合（勝�£て）たくさん試合したい」とキッパリ。２２年も「面白い年にしていきたい」と大暴れを予感させた。

Edited by zeio - 12/19/2021 at 4:26am

Would I Be a Crocodile.

Amazonic green Crocodile is in better position to watch sports than mine. Crocodile enjoys 300-year lifespan, mine is reduced by far.

Poor first match for Harimoto/Hayata. Same problem with Harimoto insisting on finishing with his BH and Hayata self-destructing on her serve in the 2 games they dropped.

Keeping an eye on Uda/Kihara and Tazoe/Miwa Harimoto(replacing the retired Miyu Maeda).

https://www.patreon.com/posts/yukiya-uda-looks-60808571

Uda wrote: --I would like to hear stories for mixed doubles. It was my first time pairing with Shibata-san(Saki Shibata/Miki House), and I think we were able to play better than expected in a short period of time and with little practice. I had a chance to play with Tomokazu Harimoto(Kinoshita Group)/Hina Hayata(Nippon Life), but I think there was a difference in the pairing experience and individual capabilities. Until now, I had teamed up with Kihara (Miyuu/JOC Elite Academy, Hoshigaki), but after a long hiatus, I played the mixed doubles again and realized that there is a way of fighting unique to it that is different from the men's doubles. I want to make use of it in the next opportunity.

Edited by zeio - 01/24/2022 at 9:26pm

Kihara is playing on T3 right now. It's the main draw(R3) of junior girls.

It’s amazing that jtta can live stream 30+ tables with decent video quality. Wtt is crap compared with jtta in this regard.

R4 of XD will start now. Tazoe/Miwa Harimoto on T4, Harimoto/Hayata on T5 and Uda/Kihara on T10.

Edited by zeio - 01/25/2022 at 7:34pm

Idesawa should have gone to Harimoto's backhand on match point. I was really hoping for the upset.

Yet another close match for Harimoto/Hayata(almost blowing the lead in G3 and G4), whereas Uda/Kihara and Tazoe/Miwa Harimoto breezed through.

Very bumpy road for the reigning WTTC XD silver medalists and Harimoto still insists on finishing the point with BH.

damn, wanted to see a miwa vs tomo final but maharu carried too well

MS R5(R32)
Uda out, losing 1-4 to Kaito Yoshida.
Defending champion Oikawa out as well, losing 2-4 to Ryoichi Yoshiyama.

WD R6(QF)
Ishikawa/Hirano back from 1-2 in games thanks to a faltering Nagasaki in the last 2 games. Kihara be like: T_T

WS R6(R16)
Defending champion Ishikawa out, losing 1-4 to Kato.
Hirano out, losing 1-4 to Sato.

MS R6(R16)
Harimoto out, losing 2-4 to Maharu Yoshimura. 2012 champion defeating 2018 champion.
Sora Matsushima out, losing 2-4 to Masaki Yoshida.
Kaito Yoshida(beating Uda) lost 0-4 to Ryoichi Yoshiyama(beating Oikawa).
Jin out, losing 2-4 to Jpen RPB Taisei Matsushita.

Survivors
MS
Ryoichi Yoshiyama
Kenta Matsudaira
Ueda(beating Satoshi Aida 4-0)
Taisei Matsushita
Masaki Yoshida
Niwa
M. Yoshimura
Togami

WS
Sato
Kato
Ito
Hayata
Kihara
Odo
Mitsuho Kimura(beating Ando 4-0)
Nagasaki

Edited by zeio - 01/28/2022 at 2:05am

I would say he is lifting more weights, bulking up. There have been complaints for a while that his forehand lacked power, perhaps he is trying to fix that.

Kato: How to beat Ishikawa? Hire her former coach.

https://hochi.news/articles/20220128-OHT1T51162.html?page=1

石川との対戦を想定して対策練習に取り組んだ成果を発揮し、「石川選手は私より格上なので、いつもはリードしても緊張してしま�£て最後守りに入�£てしまうことが多か�£た。今回は絶対に勝つんだという気持ちでできたのが良か�£たと思います。すごくいい試合ができた」と笑顔で振り返�£た。 　約２か月前から、東京五輪まで石川の専属コーチを務めていた邱建新氏に指導を仰ぐようにな�£た。中学時�£にドイツで教わ�£た縁から「一流の方に教わることがすごくいいことだと思�£て」と依頼。ベンチ入りは今大会が初めてだ�£たが「本当に全力でどのコーチよりも一生懸命や�£てくださるので、技術面も何もかも一流の方なので安心してプレーできます。この１、２か月の間にすごいレベルアップしたなと感じています」と感謝した。 ２０１９年世界選手権個人戦８強の実力者も、この大会では優勝経験がない。前回女王を破�£た自信を胸に「優勝できるように明日からも頑張りたい。守りに入�£てしまうと相手が誰でも負けてしまうので、自分のプレーを最後までやりきることが大事になると思います」と闘志を燃やした。

Edited by zeio - 01/28/2022 at 12:13pm

zeio wrote: MS R5(R32) Uda out, losing 1-4 to Kaito Yoshida. Defending champion Oikawa out as well, losing 2-4 to Ryoichi Yoshiyama. WD R6(QF) Ishikawa/Hirano back from 1-2 in games thanks to a faltering Nagasaki in the last 2 games. Kihara be like: T_T WS R6(R16) Defending champion Ishikawa out, losing 1-4 to Kato. Hirano out, losing 1-4 to Sato. MS R6(R16) Harimoto out, losing 2-4 to Maharu Yoshimura. 2012 champion defeating 2018 champion. Sora Matsushima out, losing 2-4 to Masaki Yoshida. Kaito Yoshida(beating Uda) lost 0-4 to Ryoichi Yoshiyama(beating Oikawa). Jin out, losing 2-4 to Jpen RPB Taisei Matsushita. Survivors MS Ryoichi Yoshiyama Kenta Matsudaira Ueda(beating Satoshi Aida 4-0) Taisei Matsushita Masaki Yoshida Niwa M. Yoshimura Togami WS Sato Kato Ito Hayata Kihara Odo Mitsuho Kimura(beating Ando 4-0) Nagasaki

Any video of Japanese penholder  matsuhita?