On January 26, Beijing time, the Japan National Table Tennis Championships were underway. In the just-concluded match, Japanese star Zhang Benzhi and partner Hina Hayata successfully won two consecutive victories, defeating their opponents Daishi Hori and Tomoyo Takemoto 3:1 on aggregate to advance to the third round of mixed doubles. In the first round of the mixed doubles match, Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Hina fought for five sets, and won 3:2 on aggregate.
In the second round of mixed doubles, facing opponents Daishi Hori/Tomoshi Takemoto, Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Shina were more well prepared. In the first set, Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Hina took the lead and took a 5-2 lead at the beginning. In the middle of the game, Daishi Hori/Toshige Takemoto trailed to 7:8. In the key sub-link, Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Hina won the set point 10:8 and finally won the first set 11:9.
In the second set, Daishi Hori/Toshi Takemoto strengthened the quality of the veneer, and in the hair connection, Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Shina made more mistakes, and Daishi Hori/Tomoshi Takemoto opened the score gap 8:3. In the end, 10:4 Daishi Hori/Tomoshi Takemoto got the set point, and after Zhang Benzhi and Hina Hayata recovered a point, Ōshi Hori/Tomoshi Takemoto pulled back a set at 11:5, and the two sides drew 1:1.
In the third set, the rhythm of the game was once again controlled by Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Xina, who won easily 11:4 and led 2:1. In the fourth set, the two sides were locked in a fierce battle, the score alternately rose, and the game entered a white-hot. In the end, after the fierce battle between the two sides reached a 10:10 draw, Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Hina scored two consecutive points to lock in the victory at 12:10, and the total score was 3:1 to advance.
In this way, Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Xina have successfully won two consecutive victories, and it can be found that Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Xina have gradually entered a better state and are getting better and better. In the third round of the mixed doubles, Zhang Benzhi and Hina Hayata will face their opponents Yuki Kobayashi / Apricot Izusawa. In addition, in the men's doubles, Zhang Benzhi and his partner Masataka Morien faced Yoshida Kaidou/Yoshida Shengdou.
In the just-concluded Mixed Doubles Competition of the World Table Tennis Championships, Zhang Benzhi and his partner Hina Hayata successfully advanced to the final, and finally lost to the national table tennis player Sun Yingsha Wang Chuqin, and won the title of world runner-up. Hayata Hina has a left-handed advantage, and at present, Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Hina are the key training objects of the Japan Table Tennis Association. In addition, Hina Hayata also partnered with Mimako Ito in the women's doubles competition.