On January 28, Beijing time, the Japanese National Table Tennis Championships were underway. In the just-concluded match, the top seed in the women's singles, the defending champion of the Japanese Championship, Yoshinori Ishikawa, was upset. Ishikawa Yoshinori lost 1:4 to Japan's Miyu Kato and missed the women's singles quarterfinals. After the game, world champion Ishikawa Yoshinori sat outside the stadium with tears in his eyes, acting very sad.
In the women's singles quarterfinals, defending champion Yoshinori Ishikawa took on Miyu Kato. The latter, Miyu Kato, is very strong, having defeated The Olympic champion Chen Meng, is a player that fans are very familiar with, and is the elder sister of the Japanese women's team. Ishikawa Yoshinori was very popular, and in the first game, Miyu Kato took the lead and led 5:3 in the opening game, and in the end, Miyu Kato won the first set 11:7, leading 1:0.
In the second set, Ishikawa Yoshinori began to counterattack, Ishikawa Yoshinori connected very quickly, the quality of the forehand is not low. But Kato Miyu's strength in the first three boards is very strong, especially Kato Miyu's serve, a bit like Olympic champion Ding Ning. The two sides were locked in a battle in the second set, and the score was very sticky. After 11:11, Miyu Kato preemptively started, scored two consecutive points, and won another set at 13:11 to lead 2:0.
In the third set, Ishikawa worked hard to adjust his form, and by moving Miyu Kato left and right, he tried to bring the rhythm of the game into the matchmaking. Ishikawa pulled back a set 11:7 to give a 1:2 lead. In the fourth set, the rhythm of the game returned to the hands of Miyu Kato, who won 11:9 to lead 3:1. In the fifth set, Miyu Kato did not miss the opportunity, and with a single blow, locked in the victory 11:6.
In this way, Japan's Miyu Kato defeated the defending champion's top seed, Yoshinori Ishikawa, 4:1 on aggregate and successfully advanced to the women's singles quarterfinals. In other arenas, Oto Sazuki fought in seven sets, defeating his opponent 4:3 on aggregate and successfully advancing to the quarterfinals. After Returning from injury, Miyu Nagasaki was in good shape, falling four straight sets and defeating opponent Nomura 4-0 on aggregate to advance to the quarterfinals.
In addition, Hina Hayata defeated chipper Hashimoto 4:1 on aggregate to advance to the final. Miyo Kihara defeated her opponent Sakura Mori 4:1 on aggregate and successfully advanced. Chipper Hitomi Sato defeated world champion Miyu Hirano 4:1 on aggregate and successfully advanced. Kimura Mitsubu defeated Minami Ando 4:0 on aggregate and successfully advanced. In the final match, Ito defeated his opponent Shibata Saji 4:0 and successfully advanced.