On March 15, 2022, Beijing time, the Singapore Table Tennis Grand Slam continued, and the women's singles quarterfinals, Ito Mimachi played against France's main player Yuan Jiannan. After a fierce competition, Ito Mimachi lost 1-3 to the opponent, missed the women's singles quarterfinals, broke out of the big cold, Yuan Jiannan will play against Wang Yidi in the quarterfinals.
Ito is still the main opponent of Chinese women's table tennis, and after abandoning the mixed doubles, Ito has focused on the women's singles competition, and of course, also took care of the women's doubles. In this competition, Ito Mimachi is in good shape, the women's singles easily reached the round of 16, she also partnered with Hina Hayata, reached the women's doubles semifinals, and it seems that there is a chance to impact the podium of these two events or even the highest podium.
I have to say that Ito Mimachi signed a good luck, the first three rounds of women's singles avoided the main players of national table tennis, it seems to be a straight to the rhythm of the quarterfinals. On this match day, Ito Mimachi and Yuan Jiannan are both one-day doubles matches, Ito Mimachi played a women's doubles match, Yuan Jiannan was out of the mixed doubles field, both of their physical strength are consumed, the key is to see the on-site play.
In the first set, Ito Mimachi quickly launched an offensive attack, taking a 4-1 lead, Yuan Jiannan adjusted the serve, and chased it to 5-6 in the middle of the game, and it has to be said that Ito's first three boards are extremely threatening, not only fast but also very powerful. Ito then scored five consecutive points to win the set 11-5.
In the second set, Ito took a 3-1 lead, and Yuan Jiannan scored from defense to attack, chasing it to 4 draws. Compared with the previous set, Ito's senseless mistakes increased, and Yuan Jiannan seized two serve opportunities to lead 6-4 in the innings. Not to be outdone, Ito also seized two serve opportunities and chased them to a 6 draw. Ito's serve was adjusted, 7-6, forcing Yuan Jiannan to call a timeout. The suspension was effective, with Yuan Jianan scoring five consecutive points to win back a set 11-7.
In the third set, Ito still made a lot of mistakes, falling behind 2-4 in the opening, Ito Washo was a little anxious, two consecutive serves to grab the net, 2-8 behind in the innings. Ito then chased three consecutive points, but lost a chance ball with a forehand, and fell behind 5-9 at the end of the set. Yuan Jiannan's serve was warned by the referee, Ito Mimachi took the opportunity to chase 8-9, at the critical moment, Ito Mimachi made a mistake again, 8-11 lost this set, the big score was 1-2 behind, into a desperate situation.
In the fourth set, Ito Mimachi fell behind 1-3 and called a timeout, Yuan Jiannan was well prepared, continuously defended itself against Ito's attack, took a 6-2 lead in the innings, Ito Misato made two consecutive serve mistakes, and ended up 2-9 behind. Yuan Jiannan seized the opportunity, 10-4 to get the match point, Ito Mimachi saved 3 match points, but still lost this round 7-11, the total score was 1-3 out, broke out of the big cold, she was gray-headed after the game, a helpless face!