Let’s look at current Olympic Champion Ding Ning and Olympic hopeful Mima Ito! Japan’s Brightest Star While Tomokazu Harimoto represents Japanese Hope’s against the Chinese Men, Mima Ito undoubtedly leads the charge against the Chinese Women. With short pips on the backhand, the top Chinese players were stunned by her creative service receives, handcuffing serves, […]
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China vs. Germany- 2016 Olympic Women’s Team Gold Medal Match
In honor of what would have been the continuing 2020 Olympic Games, let’s look at the Women’s Team Final between Germany and China! Match 1- Li Xiaoxia vs Han Ying China’s Li Xiaoxia is no stranger to playing choppers like Han Ying from Germany. Known for her strength and powerful forehand, Li was my pick […]
Kanak Jha vs Lin Yun Ju 2018 Youth Olympic Games
Continuing with highlighting our USA players, let’s look back on the historic match between Kanak Jha of the USA and Lin Yun Ju of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)! USA’s Second YOG Medal Recently, Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yun Ju has been making headlines, beating Chinese legends Ma Long and Fan Zhendong on a number of occasions. However, […]
Match Analysis- Lily Zhang vs Miu Hirano 2019 ITTF Women’s World Cup
Lily Zhang’s Best Match Being a U.S. citizen, I always wanted to see U.S. table tennis players hold their own against foreign opponents. The last glimpse of this hope was Ariel Hsing’s historic match against China’s Li Xiaoxia in 2012. Who would have guessed that a new hope, Lily Zhang, would come 7 years later? […]
Match Analysis- Mima Ito vs Liu Shiwen 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships.
The Beginning of Mima Ito. Japanese star Mima Ito has had brilliant performances in the last 3 years of her career. In my opinion, Mima Ito truly established herself when she won this particular match. The Japanese women faced China in the 2014 and 2016 renditions of this particular event, but were always shut out […]
Match Analysis- Ding Ning Vs. Miu Hirano 2017 Asian Championship Quarterfinals
This match absolutely shook the table tennis world. In a best of 5 match, Miu Hirano, down 0-2, came back to win 3 straight games to beat Chinese Legend Ding Ning. This match propelled Hirano to win the entire tournament, beating 2 more Chinese players along the way. How did she do it? Hirano’s Speed […]
Match Analysis- Fan Zhendong vs Ma Long 2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup Final
Following the trend from my last post, let’s look at another match between Ma Long (“The Dragon”) and Fan Zhendong. A Different Match for Fan Zhendong In my last post, I mentioned how Fan Zhendong seemed to have all the answers against Ma Long. In this match, which came before the match that was reviewed […]
Match Analysis- Ma Long vs Fan Zhendong 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Two of the most prominent Chinese players, Ma Long (“The Dragon”) and Fan Zhendong, have battled against each other on numerous occasions. Let’s look back at their most recent match at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals. A One-Sided Match Previous matches between these two players were always tight, but this match was the […]
Match Analysis- Ma Long vs. Tomokazu Harimoto Chengdu Airlines 2019 Men’s World Cup Semi-Final
A Battle for Supremacy With Japan already announcing Tomokazu Harimoto’s entry for the Singles event at the postponed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, will China respond with Ma Long? Many hope to see Ma Long, “the dragon” touted as the greatest of all time, at the upcoming Olympics. However, with his most recent match against Harimoto, […]
Match Analysis- Mima Ito vs Ding Ning 2019 Seamaster Australian Open Semi-Final
Japan’s Brightest Star While Tomokazu Harimoto represents Japanese Hope’s against the Chinese Men, Mima Ito undoubtedly leads the charge against the Chinese Women. With short pips on the backhand, the top Chinese players were stunned by her creative service receives, handcuffing serves, and devastating flat hits . Who could forget the 2018 Swedish Open, where […]