The 2022 Japan Table Tennis National Championships is in full swing, and for Zhang Benzhi and his 13-year-old sister, Zhang Benmeihe, January 27 is undoubtedly a not very pleasant day, because it is on this day that she participated in 4 events (women's singles, mixed doubles, women's doubles, and junior women's singles), which ended all the battles.
Although 1 silver and 1 bronze were harvested, there is still a very big gap between Zhang Benmeihe and his brother Zhang Benzhihe when he was 13 years old, and the competition in Japanese women's table tennis is indeed fierce, and the "inner volume" is serious!
Born in 2008, Zhang Benmeihe is currently under the age of 14, is another outstanding representative of the Japanese women's table tennis "generation plan", has been able to participate in major adult group competitions, and has repeatedly defeated athletes of the same age and much older than himself, including some new stars in China and Japan.
However, compared with his brother Zhang Benzhihe, who can defeat Japan's Olympic main force Mizutani Hayabusa at the age of 13 and reach the quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Championships, Zhang Benmeihe is obviously in the wings, so the performance of this year's Japanese table tennis championships is also happy and worried for her.
First of all, it is worth affirming that Zhang Benmeihe reached the women's singles final of the youth group and the mixed doubles semifinals of the regular group in this year's competition, and got a result of 1 silver and 1 bronze, which is a rare and valuable for a young player who is only 13 years old.
But at the same time, Zhang Benmei and the junior women's singles were swept 3-0 by Miyu Kihara, and the regular season women's singles were "one round" out and lost to the unknown Izumo Miku, which was obviously not very good. As for the women's doubles competition in the regular group, she and "Xiao Zhang Yining" Xiao Yan Yucai also lost to the obscure Nakajima Caixi / Kurono Aoi, and the state is indeed average.
Judging from the existing record, although Zhang Benmeihe had the feat of winning four championships in the U15 (under 15 group) of the World Youth Championships last year, the national table tennis did not send people to participate at that time, so the gold content was greatly reduced. It turns out that Zhang Benmei and Zhang Can only dominate among Japanese athletes under the age of 16, and it is difficult to stand firm beyond this age.
Of course, not every athlete is as "precocious" as Zhang Benzhihe, 13-year-old Zhang Benmeihe still has great potential for development, so the national table tennis still can not be taken lightly, then let's wait and see its future development!