On April 10, Beijing time, on the last day of the Japan Table Tennis Asian Games Selection Tournament, Ito Mimachi lost 2-4 to 17-year-old Miyu Kihara in the first place battle of the group stage, and missed the Women's Singles Competition of the Hangzhou Asian Games. From the World Championships to the WTT Grand Slam to the key Asian Games trials in China, after entering the Paris cycle, the level and status of the 21-year-old Ito Mimachi have declined significantly. Missing the Asian Games women's singles, and has not been able to find the status, Ito's ranking must decline.
In the Japan Asian Games Trials, 8 players are divided into two groups for a round-robin tournament, and the two groups are the first to play the final, and the winner will compete in the Asian Games singles match with Hina Hayata, who has already qualified in advance. Ito is undoubtedly the biggest favorite for this place, but in the end she was very popular, losing 2-4 to 17-year-old Miyu Kihara, and even did not even qualify for the Asian Games women's singles.
As the strongest opponent of national table tennis, Ito Mimachi is very strong in the Tokyo cycle, and in key competitions, in addition to not playing national table tennis, meeting other opponents has a very high winning rate. Even in the face of national table tennis, as long as it is not against Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, Ito Mimachi has no disadvantage at all, and even has an advantage, and also has the level to beat any national table tennis player.
However, after winning the mixed doubles title at the Tokyo Olympics, Ito entered the Paris cycle and fell sharply. In the women's singles competition of the World Table Tennis Championships, Ito Mimachi lost to Wang Yidi. At the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Ito lost directly to Chinese veteran Yuan Jiannan 1-3. It is not too late to lose to the national table tennis and Chinese players, this time in the face of their junior teammates can not play, no wonder some fans say that Ito Beimaru began to mess up after winning the Olympic championship.
Losing key games in a row, Ito will not only be unable to hit the world number one, but the ranking will surely continue to decline, perhaps, from becoming a second-rate player, Ito Mimako is not far away.