On March 5, 2022, Beijing time, the Japanese Table Tennis Round of 32 decided the men's and women's singles semi-finalists, Olympic champion Ito Mimachi and world champions Ishikawa Yoshinori, Hirano Miyu, Yoshimura Maharu all reserved out, of which Ishikawa Yoshizumi was actually beaten a 0-11 fiasco score: the three olympic main players were all out, which is really unexpected!
According to the announcement previously released by the Japan Table Tennis Association, only the athletes who have scored in the top 4 and the singles champion of this year's national championships can qualify for this year's Chengdu Team World Table Tennis Championships - Ito Mimachi has previously won the national championship, and losing does not prevent her from participating in the World Table Tennis Championships; but Ishikawa Yoshinori and Hirano Miyu have no "amulet" to rely on, so they have now lost the World Table Tennis Championships!
As we all know, the "troika" with Ito Mimachi, Ishikawa Yoshinori, and Hirano Miyu as the core has ruled the Japanese women's table tennis scene for many years, and its position is very stable. However, after the Tokyo Olympics, other young non-main players in Japan also launched an impact on the power grab, officially impacting the three main Olympic players.
In this Japan Round of 32, Ito Mimachi lost 2-4 to Mizuku Nagasaki in the quarter-finals, Miyu Hirano lost 2-4 to his old rival Miyu Kihara, and Although Ishikawa Yoshinori and Hayata Shina fought in the decider to lose 3-4, the second set was 0-11 and ate a duck egg, losing miserably!
In addition to Nagasaki Miyu, Kihara Miyu, Hayata Hina, the sharpshooter Hitomi Sato also successfully qualified for the promotion, so these 4 athletes will form a new World Table Tennis Team together with the women's singles champion Ito Mimachi of this year's Japan National Championships: It can be said that the Japanese women's table tennis has ushered in a very complete "big change" this time!
Surprisingly, in recent years, the Unpopular Japanese men's table tennis has appeared calm, because the two Olympic main players Zhang Benzhihe and Niwa Takashi have reached the semi-finals, and the national champion and Kawa Reiki are no exception, and the more unexpected result is that the unknown Yokotani Sheng has also been successfully shortlisted, plus this year's national champion Tokami Hayabusa, which is the lineup of their World Table Tennis Championships men's team.
For the selection of the Japanese table tennis team, the reaction of the national table tennis fans is mixed, some people think that this is a very fair and open and transparent selection, without a hint of catnip; some people think that such a selection is too accidental, and the final result is not conducive to the preparation of the World Table Tennis Championships - each has its own reason, no one can convince anyone.
So what kind of way will the national table tennis be used to produce the world table tennis competition list this year? What do you think about that? Welcome to leave a message to write your own views!