April 10, 2022 news, the Japanese table tennis Asian Games selection tournament continued, the women's team A group two post-00s young players began to compete, Ito Mimachi again fought Again Kihara Miyu, the winner advanced to the final, against Group B first, competing for a singles seat, the result of Kihara Miyu 4-2 victory over Ito Mimako, broke out of the big cold, Ito Mimachi did not have the opportunity to play in the Asian Games singles, the Olympic mixed doubles champion unexpectedly lost.
The four players in Group A are Ito Mimachi, Miyu Kihara, Miyu Kato, and Noka Hashimoto, the first two were shortlisted for the Asian Games team line-up, each player participated in three rounds of qualifying, Ito Mimachi blasted two 4-0, defeated Miyu Kato and Hashimoto Yoshika, Kihara Miyu narrowly defeated Miyu Kato 4-3, defeated Hashimoto Motonoka 4-2 in the second game, and finally Ito and Miyu Kihara competed for the final spot.
Whether it is Ito Mimachi, or Kihara Miyu, have determined the qualification of the Asian Games, who is on the singles to be determined, Hayata Hina won the women's singles championship in this year's 32 strong, the first to win the Asian Games singles seat, the second place depends on the results of the selection competition, Ito Mimachi is the number one main force of the Japanese women's team, but she also needs to fight through the selection competition, everyone depends on their abilities, the coaching team chooses not to guarantee.
Kihara Miyu is only 17 years old, is a very promising young player, just last month ended the Doha Star Tournament, she is the champion of the women's singles, women's doubles two events, Ito Mimachi wants to win Kihara Miyu is not easy, this is also a game full of suspense, after losing to the French player Yuan Jianan in the Grand Slam, Ito Mimako has strengthened training, for her is a good opportunity to test herself.
The selection tournament adopted a 7-game 4-win system to reduce contingencies, the first set Ito Mimachi fell into a bitter battle, many times to take the lead, but soon was equalized by Kihara Miyu, at the end of the round Kihara Miyu 10-9 to get the set point, Ito Mimachi chased to 10 draws, Kihara Miyu scored 2 consecutive points to win 12-10, this is also the first time Ito Mimachi lost a set, the previous two games she was a clean sheet opponent, indeed played more difficult.
In the second set, Kihara Miyu took advantage of the chase to take a 4-0 lead, Ito Mimachi stabilized his position and chased to 5 draws, during this time Kihara Miyu improved quickly, bringing more pressure to Ito Mimachi, the score alternately rose, both sides scored 3 points, Ito Mimachi seized the opportunity, scored 3 consecutive points to equalize 11-8, in the third set Ito Mimachi scored 3 points in a row to establish a lead, and then played 11-7 to win another set.
In the fourth set, Kimihara Miyu stepped up her offensive attack and quickly equalized, in the fifth set, Ito Mimachi had a problem mentality, there were too many unnecessary mistakes, Kihara Miyu led the way in an all-round way, blasted out 11-5 to win another set, in the sixth set both sides used a timeout, Ito Mimachi fell behind 2-6 to chase 7-8, Kihara Miyu scored 3 consecutive points, ended the game at 11-7, and finally defeated Ito Mimachi 4-2 to advance to the final to impact the singles seat.