On January 25, 2022, the All Japan Table Tennis Championships continued, the men's singles world fifth Zhang Benzhihe ushered in the season debut, partner Hayata Hina played in mixed doubles, one day doubles won a full victory, Zhang Benzhi and registered men's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles three events, all have the strength to compete for the championship, Ito Mishimasei only participated in women's singles and women's doubles, Mizutani Hayabusa retired, she did not find a good partner for the time being.
The All Japan Table Tennis Championships are held once a year, the defending singles champions are Kazukawa Ruiji and Ishikawa Yoshijun, seeded players bye, Zhang Benzhi and / Hayata Hina mixed doubles first played, the two won the world table tennis championships runner-up last year, when in the final lost to the national table tennis combination Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha, as far as the current situation is concerned, Zhang Benzhi and / Hayata Hina are basically fixed, Ito Mimachi is more focused on singles.
Tomokazu Jang/Hina Hayata advanced directly in the first round, and in the second round against Izumo Tokudou/Chiba Naozuki, who was cold- and went through five hard games 3-2 (11-8, 11-13, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7) to advance, and in the third round 3-1 (11-9, 5-11, 11-4, 12-10) eliminated Hiroshi Horiko / Tomoshi Takemoto, winning was not easy, the opponent's name had not been heard, but the strength was really not bad.
After the retirement of Mizutani Hayabusa, Zhang Benzhi and / Hayata Xina became the number one mixed doubles of the Japanese team, and being able to get the runner-up in the World Table Tennis Championships can explain the problem, this pair still has a certain strength, but did not expect to face an unknown opponent, almost eliminated, from here you can also see that there is indeed an accident in doubles, Zhang Benzhi and the competitive state is unstable, prone to large ups and downs.
Every year the All Japan Championship is held, there will be a lot of unpopularity, Zhang Benzhi and often drop the chain at key moments, and finally have no chance with the men's singles champion, it is very difficult to catch up with or even catch up with Mizutani Hayabusa, Ito Mimachi is still relatively stable, there are not many players who can beat her, and then Ito Mishimasa partner Hayata Hina appears, will participate in the doubles event, of course, the highlight is still in the women's singles.
Last year's women's singles final, Ito Mimachi's 3-1 lead was reversed by Ishikawa Yoshijun, after the game she once shed tears, can not result in this result, Ishikawa Yoshijun is very happy and crying, when the award was awarded both cried, that scene until now is still impressive, this time Ito Mimachi once again accepted the test, whether she can defeat Ishikawa Yoshinori, Hayata Hina and other fierce opponents to win the championship, or rely on her own efforts to win.
The International Table Tennis Federation recently announced the schedule for the first quarter, after the end of the Macau tournament, the national table tennis ushered in a short rest period, the next participation should wait until the Grand Slam tournament that began on March 7, the real highlight is still to come, then let us wait and see.