Watching the world table tennis dynamics: The World Table Tennis Federation (WTT), of which Liu Guoliang is the chairman of the board, has just announced the competition schedule for the first quarter of 2022, and the age and strength levels are very rich and exciting.
The "2022 All Japan Table Tennis Championships", which decided to be the first in table tennis in Japan, < opened > on January 24-30, with more than 900 participants.
Japanese media reports: After 4 years, the stage has shifted from Osaka to Tokyo, and a fierce battle will be held in the Tokyo Gymnasium, the venue of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Last year due to the expanded impact of the new crown infection, there were no spectators participating in the competition throughout the day, but there will be live spectators on the last 2 days of this year (weekend). The competition has returned from 4 events last year to a total of 7 men's and women's singles and doubles mixed events.
Starting at 14:30 p.m. on the 24th, the opening ceremony of the 2022 All Japan Competition (Senior And Junior Division) was held at the Tokyo Gymnasium.
The Special Director of the Japan Table Tennis Association, Ichiro Hoshino, delivered the opening declaration, and President Masayoshi Fujishige made an opening speech. The ceremony to return the trophy to the winners of the previous year, which used to be held in previous years, has not taken place this year.
The first day of the convention was the first match in mixed doubles, the first match for junior men and women.
Women's singles competition for the title is fierce every year, and the previous champion Ishikawa Yoshijun (Jeonnon) and runner-up Ito Mimako (Starts) are the big hits.
The triple-time champion of last year's Asian Championships, Hina Hayata, and Miyu Hirano, who made great progress in taking the Tokyo Olympics as an opportunity, are also very competitive.
Hayabusa Mizutani, proud of his 10-time title in all-Japan men's singles, announced his retirement. The first of the champions' favorites should be Zhang Benzhihe (Kinoshita Group).
Defeated in the fourth round of the Tokyo Olympics last year, he was eliminated in the second round of the World Championships in November, but was runners-up in the WTT World Cup finals afterwards.
Although Zhang Ben lost to world number one Fan Zhendong (China) in the final, he gave the impression that he had returned to his original level.
Personally, Zhang Ben's whereabouts after graduating from high school at the end of last year were decided to be Waseda University (a communication education program).
The previous champions, Such as Kawarayuki, Yoshimura Makoto, and Takashi Niwa, were also strong contenders for the championship.
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