As the first Olympic champion in the history of Japanese table tennis, Ito Mimachi can be said to be the current leader of Japanese women's table tennis, however, no one would have thought that as a sister of Japanese table tennis, Ito Mimako would actually lose the singles qualification for the Hangzhou Asian Games.
In the Asian Games singles qualification selection tournament held in Japan, Ito played very well on the first matchday, and she advanced to the third round with two 4-0 strongs.
In the third round, Ito's opponent was Miyu Kihara, a 17-year-old japanese teenager.
Born in 2004 and the same age as China's Kuman, Miyu Kihara is an outstanding young player in Japan in recent years, and at the WTT Doha regular season in March this year, Miyu Kihara and Nagasaki Miyu won the women's doubles championship.
Later, in the WTT Star Challenge, Miyu Kihara defeated Chen Siyu of Chinese Taipei and Veteran Han Ying of Germany to win the women's singles championship, and at the same time, in the women's doubles competition, she once again partnered with Miyu Nagasaki to win the women's doubles championship, and Miyu Kihara also achieved the double championship in the WTT Doha Star Challenge!
Ito Mimachi in the match with Miyu Kihara, the first set of the game, although the opening to take a 3-1 lead, but soon by Kihara Miyu to catch up with the score, after the two of them very fierce competition, the key moment, Kihara Miyu started very decisively, with a score of 12-10 to win the first set.
In the second set, Ito relied on his strong forehand attack to win the first set with an 11-8 score.
In the third set, Ito continued to work hard, winning another set at 11-7 and winning 2-1.
Unexpectedly, Kihara Miyu did not panic, in the fourth game, Kihara Miyu slowed down the rhythm of the game, steady and steady, with an 11-6 score to chase the big score to 2 draws.
In the fifth set, Kihara Miyu was more courageous, and the opening game played a 6-0 lead, Ito Mimachi's mentality at this time was a bit anxious, which also caused too many mistakes, Kihara Miyu won another set at 11-5, leading 3-2.
Ito Mimachi, who had no way to retreat, launched a fight in the sixth set, but Kihara Miyu was not moved, still insisting on his own technical tactics, Ito Mimachi called a timeout, but the suspension came back and still could not find a way to deal with Kihara Miyu, and in the end, Kihara Miyu ended the battle with an 11-7 score.
Ito did not qualify for the final, which also led to Ito's early failure to qualify for the singles competition at this year's Hangzhou Asian Games.
After Miyu Kihara advanced to the final, she faced Miyu Hirano.
At the beginning of the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Hirano Miyu achieved very good results, and in 2016, at the age of 16, she won the Women's Singles Championship of the World Cup, the youngest women's singles champion in the history of the World Cup.
In the 2017 Asian Championships, Hirano Miyu defeated Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling and Chen Meng consecutively to win the women's singles title at the Asian Championships.
However, with the study of Hirano Miyu by the national table tennis, Hirano Miyu is no longer magical, coupled with the strong rise of Ito Mimako, which led to Hirano Miyu not qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics singles competition.
In the singles selection of this Asian Games, Hirano Miyu played well and advanced to the final.
In the final, facing Miyu Kihara, who defeated Ito, Miyu Hirano did not give her opponent the slightest chance, swept the opponent with a score of 4-0, won the final women's singles championship, and also qualified for the women's singles competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games!
In a few days, It will be Hirano's 22nd birthday, and for Hirano, being able to qualify for the Asian Games is also her best birthday gift.
In this way, in terms of Japanese women's table tennis, Miyu Hirano and Hina Hayata qualified for the Asian Games, and they will launch a fierce impact on Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha at this year's Hangzhou Asian Games.
Who will win the final Asian Games women's singles title? Let's wait and see