On April 10, Beijing time, the Japan Table Tennis Association Asian Games Selection Tournament is underway. In this selection competition, 8 players from each of the men's and women's singles participated, divided into two groups, and the first group advanced to the final to compete for the only singles spot. Because previously, Japanese celebrities Tomokazu Zhang Ben and Hina Hayata have already received singles tickets for the Asian Games, so this selection competition will produce two more tickets.
In terms of the women's singles group of the Japan Table Tennis Asian Games Selection, Group A: Miyu Kihara, Mimako Ito, Noka Hashimoto, miyu Kato. Group B: Hitomi Sato, Yoshinori Ishikawa, Miyu Hirano, Yurika Minamiha. Hina Hayata does not need to compete and has already received singles tickets in advance. Japan World Youth Championships women's singles champion Miyu Nagasaki withdrew, so she also missed the competition.
In the women's singles group stage, world champion Yoshijun Ishikawa faced Japanese chipper Hitomi Sato. Both are famous players in the table tennis world, and have played against national table tennis players many times, of which Hitomi Sato defeated Olympic champion Ding Ning twice in the Open Tournament, and his strength is very strong. At the beginning of the game, veteran Ishikawa Yoshijun was ill-prepared and made many unnecessary mistakes, and hitomi Sato won two consecutive sets 11:4, 11:8 with excellent rotation, leading 2:0.
Ishikawa then tightened the control of the drop point and pulled back a set at 11:9, trailing 1:2. In the fourth set, Hitomi Sato took advantage of the victory to lock in the victory and lock in the victory 11:8, leading 3:1 in the big score. Hitomi Sato is very tough to play, and if the ball does not land, he will not give up. In the fifth set, Ishikawa Yoshinori fought backwaters, winning 11:9 and falling behind 2:3.
In the crucial sixth set, Hitomi Sato took a drum and locked up the victory 11:5, and defeated world champion Yoshijun Ishikawa 4:2 in a big score, and successfully won. After the loss, world champion Ishikawa Yoshijun closed his eyes helplessly, shook his head and sighed, Ishikawa Yoshijun after the end of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the competitive state declined quickly, and the morale also dropped significantly. In another match, chipper Hitomi Sato fought seven innings, and the aggregate score was 4:3 thrilling victory over Yurika Minamiha, who had already won two consecutive games.
In addition, in another match, world champion Miyu Hirano faced her opponent Yurika Minamiha. At the beginning of the match, Hirano won two consecutive sets 11:2, 11:6, leading 2:0. In the third set, Minamibo Yurika pulled back a set 11:8. Next, Hirano did not miss another opportunity, 11:9, 11:7 won two consecutive sets, the big score of 4:1 victory over the opponent Nanbo Yurika, the victory.