The 2022 Japan Table Tennis Championships ushered in the fourth day of competition, the women's singles competition entered the 4th round, many top masters began to play, including Ito Mimako, the result was in the match against Izumo Mikoto, Ito Mimachi experienced a bitter battle, 4-2 to defeat the opponent, in the case of a 3-0 lead, she once lost 2 consecutive sets, but in the sixth game, the main player of the Japanese table tennis found the feeling, 11-3 win, did not let the opponent upset, so that Ito Mimako smoothly advanced to the 5th round!
For Ito Mimachi to appear in the singles field, the Japanese media is still very much looking forward to it, describing Ito's appearance on the field in the tone of "the queen returns". In fact, among the women's singles players in Japanese table tennis, Ito Mimako is indeed the most popular, and she is also the favorite to win the women's singles of this competition.
In the first 3 rounds of singles matches, Ito Mimachi was a bye, although she made her debut, she is still very familiar with the game, after all, she has experienced the battle of the World Table Tennis Championships, and her experience and strength are far better than her opponents in this round, Izumo Miko. In the first set, Ito played well, winning 11-8, and in the seven-game four-win match, she had the lead. Coming to the second set, Ito played an 11-5 score, although the third set experienced a hard battle, but still won 11-9, the total score instantly came to 3-0, a victory at your fingertips.
However, Izumo began to find feelings in the fourth set, she won 11-8, and then in the fifth set, Ito lost again, the score was still 11-8. Seeing that the big score came to 3-2, Ito Finally broke out, and in the sixth set, she was in the lead at the beginning of the game, and finally won the opponent 11-3, the total score was 4-2, ito Mimachi eliminated the other side.
In this way, the first sister of Japanese table tennis successfully advanced to the 5th round, she also announced in an interview that she will withdraw from the mixed doubles competition, focusing on singles and women's doubles, for Ito's decision, the national table tennis should be highly valued, after all, the opponent still hopes to be more focused in order to get good results in the match against the national table tennis.
In an interview, Ito said, "I'm looking forward to this year's All Japan Championships, because I often go abroad to play, and this time playing against Japanese players will give me a rare feeling or a new feeling." In fact, I am very much looking forward to competing against different types of players, which is also one of the advantages of the Japanese championship. ”