We preview Mima Ito and Hina Hayata’s finals match-up at WTT Doha and use some primitive statistical analysis that we hope provides a glimpse of the future in quantitative analysis in table tennis.
Read moreReigning World Champion Liu Shiwen recently sat down with CCTV for an extended interview regarding her run to the 2019 World Championship title and the psychological aspect of her career.
Read moreWe take a look at Cheng I-Ching’s race with Kasumi Ishikawa for the fourth seed at the Tokyo Olympics and Liu Shiwen’s campaign to represent China in the women’s singles event at the Tokyo Olympics.
Read moreWe take a look at seeds five through eight in the men’s singles event (Jeoung Youngsik, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Jang Woojin, and Mattias Falck) at WTT Doha, how they’ve played since the ITTF restart after the pandemic, what is at stake for them at Qatar, and their potential quarterfinal match-ups.
Read moreWe take a closer look at seeds five through eight in the women’s singles event (Jeon Jihee, Feng Tianwei, Miu Hirano, and Kasumi Ishikawa) at WTT Doha, what is at stake for them at Qatar, how they’ve played since the ITTF restart after the pandemic, and their potential quarterfinal match-ups.
Read moreToday’s post goes over one X-factor in each of the Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles events at WTT Doha. An X-factor is a young promising but lower ranked player (outside the top 20) who has an exciting playing style, has previously upset a higher seeded player before, and has high potential to upset one or more higher seeded players in the upcoming event. We note past high profile upsets by Lily Zhang and An Jaehyun, what part of their game to watch out for, and what is at stake for them in Qatar.
Read moreTimo Boll recently did an interview with the German Newspaper Fuldaer Zeitung discussing his personal life during Covid and how he’s approaching the twilight of his career. We provide a rough translation of the interview below.
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