In the Asian Games singles qualification competition held in Japan, as the leader of Japanese women's table tennis, Ito Mimachi lost 2-4 to the opponent in the competition with the young player Miyu Kihara and was eliminated in advance.
And this also made Ito Mimachi miss the women's singles qualification for this year's Hangzhou Asian Games in advance.
In the end, the Athletes who qualified for the Women's Singles Competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games in Japan were two post-00s players, Hina Hayata and Miyu Hirano.
After the game, Ito cried again.
Ito said: "In this game, I did not play my full strength, and Kihara Miyu performed very well. I have to work hard, practice a lot, and come back when I have the strength to beat all my opponents! ”
Before the competition, Ito Wasuma was regarded as the biggest favorite to win the championship, after all, Ito is currently ranked fourth in the world, which is the highest ranking player in the world besides Chinese players.
Moreover, Ito is also the first Olympic champion in the history of Japanese table tennis (teamed with Mizutani Hayabusa to win the mixed doubles championship at the Tokyo Olympics), and in any way, Ito is the leading figure in Japanese women's table tennis.
However, in this team selection competition, Ito Mimachi actually lost to miyu Kihara, a young player who is 4 years younger than himself, and Ito's performance is indeed unsatisfactory.
In fact, since it was swept by Sun Yingsha 0-4 in the women's singles semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics last year, Ito's status has begun to decline.
At last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, Ito lost to China's Wang Yidi in the quarterfinals and missed the semi-finals against Sun Yingsha. In the recent WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament, Ito mimakoto even lost to the French Chinese player Yuan Jiannan, and did not come to the Front of the Chinese player.
Just when Ito Washo was in a slump, some other young athletes in Japanese women's table tennis took advantage of the situation.
First, Hina Hayata, who is the same age as Ito, won the championship in the Round of 32 in Japan and directly won the singles competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
After that, it was Miyu Hirano who played strongly in this selection competition, defeating Miyu Kihara 4-0 in the final and qualifying for the Asian Games in singles.
Although Kihara is only 17 years old, she also has a very good performance this year, winning both women's singles and women's doubles titles in the recent WTT Doha Star Challenge.
It can be said that at present, Ito Mimachi is facing huge challenges, and it can even be said that it is internal and external troubles.
With the Chinese team's research on Ito Mimachi, it is no longer as great a threat to Chinese players as before, and the young players in the Japanese team have caused a great impact on Ito, especially Hayata Hina and Kihara Miyu, who have defeated Ito many times.
In this difficult situation, Ito Mimachi is now deeply aware of her own shortcomings, and she said that she should train harder and work harder!
Of course, Ito Isomachi is still as confident as ever, although this time completely missed the singles of the Hangzhou Asian Games, but Ito Still said: Wait for me, wait for me, wait for me to have the strength to defeat all opponents, I will come back!