The Japan Table Tennis Asian Games Trials are over. In the men's singles final, Makoto Yoshimura narrowly defeated Hayabusa Toue 4-3 to win the men's singles title. He competed in the men's singles competition at the Asian Games with Zhang Benzhihe. In the women's singles final, world champion Miyu Hirano swept Miyu Kihara 4-0 to win the women's singles title. Hirano miyu and Hayata Shina competed in the Asian Games women's singles competition.
At the same time, the team competition list of the Japanese Table Tennis Asian Games has also been produced. Five people, including Masaharu Yoshimura, Tomokazu Akira Hiromoto, Hayasuke Tokami, Reiki Kawa, and Daisei Matsushita, participated in the men's team competition. Five people, including Miyu Hirano, Hina Hayata, Mimako Ito, Miyu Kihara and Hitomi Sato, competed in the women's team competition.
In this list, there are two surprises. As the first sister of Japanese women's table tennis, Ito Mimachi only qualified for the women's team, not the women's singles qualification. World champion Ishikawa Yoshijun is even more women's singles and women's team can not participate. In the selection round, Ishikawa Yoshinori lost 0-4 to Miyu Hirano and 2-4 to Hitomi Sato, resulting in the lack of access to the Asian Games women's singles and even the women's team competition.
Ito lost 2-4 to 17-year-old Miyu Kihara. She was not eligible to participate in the women's singles final of the trials, nor could she participate in the asian games women's singles competition.
Ito cried after the game. This time it was really sad and tearful. As a sister of Japanese women's table tennis, she was once the pride of Japanese women's table tennis. She once single-handedly fought against the national table tennis and maintained a high winning percentage. Since 2020, Ito has rarely won the national table tennis, almost to the point where it is difficult to win. She also occasionally loses to members of other associations, even against players who are younger than her in Japan, and there is no guarantee of full victory. The pretentious Ito Mimakoto was a little less arrogant and began to admit that his strength was insufficient.
After losing to Miyu Kihara, Ito wiped away her tears and said, "I am also very unhappy, but Kihara players have really become stronger in the matchup, and the serve and catch skills are very good." It's not surprising that this game even lost 4-0. I feel like my strength is lost. The chances of Kihara players beating high-level players have also increased, and their strength has also increased. It's great to be able to play against such a player. If I practice more in the future, there will be a chance of victory. ”
It is rare that Ito Isomasa is so humble that he can admit that he is not strong enough. In the past, when Ito Lost to the National Table Tennis Team, he never accepted the loss and would find various excuses. This time losing to Miyu Kihara, Ito Mimachi felt that he was inferior to his opponents, which was really strange.
I don't know if Ito really feels that his level is not good, or do you want to hold back a big move?
Since the Tokyo Olympics, Ito has been in a bit of a slump. At the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston in November 2021, Ito lost 1-4 to Wang Yidi and missed the women's singles semifinals. At the WTT Singapore Grand Slam in March, Ito lost 1-3 to France's Yuan Jiannan, missing out on the women's singles quarterfinals. Coupled with the 2-4 loss to Miyu Kihara this time, Ito Mimakoto really had a hard time creating the previous miracles.
Many people say that Ito Mimachi lost to Miyu Kihara. If only two years ago it could have been said. Ito Mimachi has mainly lost to high-level players such as Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Ding Ning, and the winning rate against other players is very high. But recently, she has lost to Wang Yidi, Yuan Jianan, and Kihara Meiyou, and she can no longer be described as a blast. At this level, Ito Mimachi is at this level, in the upper middle, and is not a top player.
Some people say that Ito May be holding back a big move. Didn't she say that? If you practice more in the future, there will be a chance of victory. She's done that before. In 2018, Ito Mimachi once retreated for a month, practiced the Ghost Drawing Spell Serve Divine Gong Dafa, made the opponent suffer a lot, and also won many national table tennis players, and even staged a string of three championships. At the Tokyo Olympics, Ito won the mixed doubles gold medal with Hayabusa Mizutani, bringing Ito's playing career to the pinnacle. This achievement could make her blow for a lifetime.
However, after the Tokyo Olympics, Ito's performance was not very good, losing consecutive matches, and it was difficult to win the championship in singles and doubles. Before they met Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, and Wang Manyu, they had already lost the battle and did not give them the opportunity to practice.
Ito gave up a lot of competitions, but also wanted to practice hard at home, practice new technologies, and make another blockbuster. Unfortunately, Ito mimakoto will have a hard time recreating the previous miracles. If you want to win results through retreats and big moves, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve.
Ito Ishi makoto is 21 years old, his technology and mind are mature, and he should be able to achieve better results. In fact, Zhang Yining has long analyzed the reasons.
Once, Zhang Yining, the great demon of national table tennis, analyzed the characteristics of Ito Mimakoto in an interview. She said: "Ito Mimachi backhand is OK, the system is a bit like Ai Fukuhara, the forehand structure is so-so." When you are young, you may still win some goals, but at a certain age, it is impossible to develop, and after 20 years old, it will not pose a threat to the Chinese team. ”
Ito Mimachi was really spoken by Zhang Yining. Don't look at her and Mizutani Hayabusa winning the mixed doubles gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, that was when Liu Shiwen was not in good shape. They narrowly defeated the "Xinwen Combination" in the mixed doubles final to win the championship. Later, it is difficult for Ito to play well. Perhaps as Zhang Yining said, Ito Mimakoto will not be able to develop after the age of 20, and it will no longer pose a threat to national table tennis.
What do you think? Do you agree with Zhang Yining's words?