In the mixed doubles quarterfinals of the Japan Table Tennis Championships, Meiwa Zhang Ben, who won four U15 World Youth Championships in 2021, played well, and together with Kenta Tian Tian 3-0 (11-5/11-3/11-7) eliminated defending champions Abe Abe/Keiya Uemura, and then continued to beat Izumo Mikon/Izumiru 3-0 (11-6/11-6-11-7) to advance to the mixed doubles semifinals. Although his brother Zhang Benzhi and his brother Zhang Benzhi fought hard in two rounds, they also advanced to the semifinals without any danger, and their partner Hina Hayata first defeated Yukiya Sawa/Kobayashi 3-2 (11-5/11-9/6-11/3-11/12-10) and then reversed Igarashi Shimi and Sugita Yonami 3-1 (9-11/11-8/11-9/11-9) in the quarter-finals.
After the start of this All Japan Championships, As the mixed doubles runner-up of the World Table Tennis Championships, Zhang Benzhi and / Hina Hayata did not show world-class standards, but won stumbling in the first four games, none of the balls were swept 3-0, from the first game to a narrow victory of 3-2, the result was in the 1/8 final against the weak Izawa Xingjia / Kobayashi Yukimon, although the start was good, the first 2 sets were won but then inexplicably equalized by the opponent, and the decider was only narrowly won by 2 points. In the quarter-finals, the opponents Igarashi Shimi and Sugita Yominami, after losing the first set, still struggled to reverse the match to advance to the semifinals.
In this competition, Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Xina are both in three categories, and the test of physical fitness is huge, and there are problems of decreased attention, increased coordination errors and unstable play in the game, but after the adjustment of the previous four games, I believe that the big difficulty will not die, and the two are still the most competitive champion combination in the mixed doubles project. Zhang Benzhi and / Hayata Hina semi-finals against the strongest opponents since the beginning of the match, Kimbara Miyu / Yukiya Utada, because they are both members of the national team, very familiar with each other, and are both young players, I am afraid that this ball for Zhang Ben / Hayata to pass the level still needs to go through a hard battle.
Zhang Benzhihe's younger sister Zhang Benmeihe has improved in the rationality and stability of playing after winning four championships at last year's World Youth Championships, and she signed up for the adult and youth groups in this competition. In the adult mixed doubles 1/8 finals, Mikazu Zhang Ben and / Kenta Tian, facing last year's top seed Abe / Keiya Uemura, easily dropped three straight sets to eliminate the defending champion, and the quarter-final against Izumo Miku / Izuku Toru also played a 3-0 strong, semi-final against Makoto Yoshimura / Suzuki Riki. According to this momentum, I don't know if Zhang Benzhihe and Zhang Benmeihe have any hope of meeting in the mixed doubles final.
Zhang Benmei and in the youth group women's singles competition successfully broke through the past best in the 4th round, after 4 rounds of bitter battle 3-1 defeat of the women's doubles partner Xiao Yan Yaocai, advanced to the youth group women's singles round of 16, the next round with Zhang Benmei and a competition for the top 8 is Hirano Yako, the latter's sister is the youngest World Cup women's singles champion Hirano Miyu, the two national team main sisters launched a youth dialogue, Zhang Benmei and in the competition experience slightly prevailed.