The Japanese women's table tennis team showed strong competitiveness in the WTT Grand Slam, although the second round of singles is not over, but Ito and Hayata Hina 2 main players took the lead to win the round of 16. Ito's opponent is Chen Siyu, both of whom are battlefield-hardened players, but Ito's results are better. In the first set, Ito Mimachi won easily 11:6, but the next three sets were strongly counterattacked by Chen Siyu, and the game almost entered the decider. In the end, Ito Mimakoto won 3-1 against Chen Siyu with the ability to compete for key points.
Although Ito did not participate in the mixed doubles competition, the women's doubles competition continued to participate. She and Hina Hayata are the second seed in the women's doubles event and the biggest obstacle on the way to sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu to win the title, and the two pairs are expected to meet in the final.
Hina Hayata played no worse than Ito, and swept host Wei Ruixuan 3-0 in the second round to advance to the round of 16. After five hard games in the first round of the main round, Hayata Hina gradually entered the best situation, with the smooth connection of the front and backhands, as well as the advantage of the area of the guard, Hayata Shina easily advanced. Judging from the signing table, the main force of national table tennis directly threatened by Hayata Hina is Sun Yingsha. If Sun Yingsha defeats teammate Liu Shiwen to reach the quarterfinals, it is possible to compete with Hina Hayata for the top four seats. And Hayata Hada had no strong opponents before advancing to the quarterfinals, and the signing position was really good.
Ito mainly competes with Wang Yidi. After Wang Yidi eliminated teammate Chen Xingtong, he directly met Therano Miyu, the main force of Japanese table tennis. According to the previous performance of the two, Wang Yidi has a high probability of advancing to the round of 16. Ito mimachi did not have a strong opponent before advancing to the quarterfinals, and once Wang Yidi eliminated Hirano Miyu, he would compete with Ito Mimachi for the top four seats. The two had already met at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, when Ito lost miserably. If they meet again, Wang Yidi has an absolute psychological advantage.
Whether it is against Miyu Hirano or the possibility of meeting Ito in the quarterfinals, it is undoubtedly two big battles for Wang Yidi. If she can eliminate the two main players of Japanese table tennis to reach the women's singles semifinals, with the record of eliminating Ito Mimachi twice, Wang Yidi has the opportunity to become a P card player at the Paris Olympic Games, and even impact the Olympic list.
Fan Zhendong ended the singles quarterfinals and swept Japan's Masataka Morien 3-0. Although Masataka Morien is not the core main force of the Japanese table tennis men's team, he once partnered with Ito Mimachi to play in the mixed doubles competition. Unfortunately, the singles ability is average, and in order to compete for the Olympic mixed doubles gold medal, the Japanese table tennis executives finally abandoned Morien Masataka, which led to the combination of Mizutani Hayabusa and Ito Mishimasa.
In this game, Fan Zhendong showed an unprecedented speed advantage, and Mori En Masataka has been busy defending and it is difficult to make an effective counterattack. And Fan Zhendong can occasionally play the chipping ball, which makes Mori Yuan Masashi a bit overwhelmed. Although the last set was a strong counterattack, Fan Zhendong grasped the match point and kept a clean sheet against his opponent. Mori En Masashige also played a high level, and Fan Zhendong won it not easily.