On January 26, Beijing time, the Japan National Table Tennis Championships were underway. In the just-concluded match, Zhang Benjiwa's sister Zhang Benmei and partner teammate Tian Tianjian appeared, fell three straight sets, and defeated the top seed of mixed doubles by a total score of 3:0, and the defending champions Keiya Uemura / Abe Ari successfully advanced to the top four list, which is expected to impact the mixed doubles championship. Zhang Benmeihe's outstanding performance is worthy of the needs of the coaching team of Liu Guoliang, the national table tennis team.
As we all know, Japanese mixed doubles has always been an advantageous project. Previously, Ishikawa Yoshinori's partner Makoto Yoshimura won the Mixed Doubles Championships at the World Table Tennis Championships. At the Tokyo Olympics, Ito's partner Mizutani Hayabusa also defeated Liu Shiwen Xu Xin and successfully won the championship. In the recently concluded World Table Tennis Championships, Zhang Benzhi and his partner Hayata Xina also successfully advanced to the final, and finally lost to Sun Yingsha Wang Chuqin and won the second place.
With the retirement of Hayabusa Mizutani, the mixed doubles combination of Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Hina became the focus of the Japan Table Tennis Association to cultivate opponents. In this Year's Japan Championship, Tomokazu Zhang's Miwa Zhang Ben broke out, and his partner Kenta Tian defeated top seeds Keiya Uemura /Abe Ari 3:0 on aggregate. In the first set, Zhang Benmeihe and Tian Tianjiantai took the lead, winning the first set 11:5 and leading 1:0.
In the second set, the top seeds Uemura Keiya / Abe Abe Ari made more mistakes, and Zhang Benmei and Tian Tian Kenta started with an 8:2 lead. In the end, the two did not miss the opportunity, 11:3 to win another set, the big score of 2:0 lead. In the third set, Cheung Motomi and Taiichi Tian Tim locked up the win 11:7, dropped three straight sets, and defeated the defending champions Keiya Uemura / Abe Ari 3:0 on aggregate to advance smoothly.
Zhang Benmeihe is only 13 years old this year, and in the recently concluded World Youth Championships, Zhang Benmeihe can be described as a big victory, one person won 4 gold medals. Zhang Benmeihe's younger sister Zhang Ling is a teammate of Deng Yaping at Grand Slam and is currently the head coach of her daughter Zhang Benmeihe. In this regard, the Japanese media was overjoyed, praising Zhang Benmeihe's performance, pointing out that she surpassed the achievements of her brother Zhang Benzhihe and won four championships at the World Youth Championships.
In this Year's Japan Championships, Zhang Benmeihe did not only break out in the mixed doubles. In the women's singles, in the junior group, Zhang Benmeihe also soared, falling three straight sets, and defeated Yako Hirano 3:0 on aggregate, with three scores of 11:3, 11:9 and 11:8 respectively. It is worth mentioning that Zhang Benmiwa is the younger sister of Zhang Benzhihe, and Hirano Yako is the sister of Hirano Miyu.