Seeing the unexpected news in the morning, Japanese table tennis player Miyu Hirano was infected with the new crown virus and had to withdraw from the Japanese National Championships.
Hirano Miyu was left with only the women's doubles match. Her withdrawal meant that Yoshijun Ishikawa, who partnered her in the women's doubles, could only withdraw from the women's doubles competition. In fact, if an event has an infected person, others are close contacts. If it is domestic, it is long overdue for testing, or even isolation. However, this is rarely done abroad. This was not done at the Japan Table Tennis Championships and the rest of the tournament continued.
In the women's singles competition, the quarter-finals have been played. Hirano did not reach the quarterfinals, and the quarter-finals were not affected.
The results of the four women's singles quarterfinals are as follows:
Ito defeated Hikari Kimura 4-1. Ito won relatively easily, except for the fourth set, which was lost 4:11, and the other four sets were won by 2, 4, 5 and 6 points.
Hina Hayata defeated Mizuku Nagasaki 4-1, and the two were equal in strength and played a wonderful match. Hina Hayata was slightly stronger. This time Hayata won more easily, hayata's level is really getting higher and higher.
The other two games were Miyu Kato 4-2 Sazuki Daito and Miyo Kihara 4-3 Hitomi Sato. Miyu Kato and Miyu Kihara won harder. Hitomi Sato eliminated Miyu Hirano and failed to pass the level of Miyu Kihara.
Women's Singles Semifinals: Mimachi Ito vs Miyu Kihara, Miyu Kato vs Hina Hayata. With the strength and status of Ito and Hina Hayata, it is very likely that the women's singles final will be held.
The results of the four men's singles quarter-finals were as follows: Takashi Niwa swept Masayuki Yoshida 4-0, with scores of 11:4, 11:9, 11:6, 11:6 and 11:6 in the four sets. Makoto Yoshimura defeated Daisei Matsushita 4-1, Kenta Matsudaira defeated Yoshiyama 4-1 and Hayabusa Tokami swept Ueda Hitoshi 4-0.
Men's Singles Semifinals: Kenta Matsudaira vs Makoto Yoshimura, Takaki Niwa vs Hayabusa Tokami.
The women's doubles match was all over. Due to Hirano's withdrawal from the competition for some reason, Ishikawa Yoshijun was also unlucky and could not participate in the competition. Then their opponent Song Huijia / Cost Aya Hai directly advanced to the women's doubles final. In another semi-final, Ito Ando and Hina Hayata defeated Yaoko Nagao/ Yurika Minamiha to advance to the women's doubles final.
The women's doubles final has also been played, and Ito Mimachi / Hina Hayata defeated Song Hye-jae / Cost Ayakai 3-1 to win the women's doubles title. The scores in the four innings were 12-10, 7-11, 14-12, 11-5. The duo played a wonderful match. Mimachi Ito and Hina Hayata achieved a four-game women's doubles title. The results of this pair are still very stable.
After Hirano Miyu broke out to be infected with the new crown virus, another member of the Japanese table tennis team was infected with the new crown virus. He is the male table tennis player Yuya Oshima.
Originally, the men's doubles duo of Yuya Oshima and Kenta Tian advanced to the semifinals. Yuya Oshima had to withdraw from the tournament for some reason, and they sent Jang Motoji and Masataka Morien to the final. In another semi-final, Yukiya Utada / Hayasuke Tokami defeated Tomoya Fujimura / Kaiki Matsushita to advance to the men's doubles final.
In the men's doubles final, Yukiya Utada / Hayabusa Tokami narrowly defeated Toshi Tsang Motoji and / Masataka Morien 3-2 to win the men's doubles title. After Zhang Benzhihe missed the quarterfinals in the men's singles, the men's doubles also did not qualify for the championship. Fortunately, Zhang Benzhi won the mixed doubles championship with Hayata Hina, and finally left a little face for himself.
The 2022 Japan Table Tennis Championships have already played three competitions. Tomokazu Jang and Hina Hayata won the mixed doubles title, Yukiya Utada/ Hayabusa Tokami won the men's doubles title, and Mimachi Ito/Hina Hayata won the women's doubles title.
Among the main players of the Japanese team, Tomokazu Zhang ben has won the mixed doubles championship, Ito Mimachi has won the women's doubles championship, and Hayata Hina has won the women's doubles and mixed doubles championships.
On the final day, there will also be a men's and women's singles semi-finals, as well as a men's and women's singles finals, which will produce a men's and women's singles champions. There are six games left.
If Ito wins the women's singles title, he can become a double champion. If Hina Hayata wins the women's singles title, she can become a triple crown. In the women's singles final of the All Japan Championships in January 2020, the then 19-year-old Hina Hayata won the women's singles title with a 4-1 victory over Yoshinori Ishikawa.
In the women's singles final of the All Japan Championships in January 2021, Ito lost 3-4 to Yoshinori Ishikawa, but instead sent Ishikawa Yoshinori to win the championship for the fifth time. The outcome of the final between Ito and Hina Hayata is difficult to predict.