Mima Ito Wins WTT Doha Event With 4-2 Finals Win Over Hina Hayata
Mima Ito eked out a clutch 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6 finals victory over Hayata, capturing the championship title of WTT Contender at WTT Doha.
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Mima Ito vs Hina Hayata Finals Preview: A Statistical Approach
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 moreLiu Shiwen Interview With CCTV
Reigning 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 moreWTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 5: Cheng I-Ching and Liu Shiwen
We 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 moreWTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 4: Men’s Singles Seeds 5 Through 8
We 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 moreWTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 3: Women’s Singles seeds 5 THROUGH 8
We 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 moreWTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 2: X-Factors Lily Zhang and An Jaehyun
Today’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 Interview With German Newspaper Fuldaer Zeitung
Timo 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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