Ito has been hit hard since his previous Singapore Grand Slam match, when it came to defeat. Whether it's in women's doubles or women's singles, she can't make a breakthrough, let alone win the championship.
For Ito, the most direct result is a big drop in the world rankings. For himself, it must be a big blow, and there is no way to account with the team. So perhaps based on this consideration, just recently Ito Made a major decision, which surprised many fans that there may be different changes to the subsequent achievements and promotion of the Japanese sister.
Just recently, according to media reports, from May 3 to May 8, two challenges will be held in the United States, and this time the Japanese team will send a total of ten players to participate. Among these ten people, it may be the ito mimako list, this time Ito Mimachi signed up for one of the races, and the only event registered was the mixed doubles competition.
This time her unexpected decision made many fans unexpected. Because after the end of the previous Tokyo Olympic Games, Ito Mi won the championship in good faith, and after the player who defeated the national table tennis player won the final Olympic gold medal, she announced that she officially withdrew from the mixed doubles competition. This means that in the future, it will only focus on women's doubles and women's singles competitions, and will not participate in related mixed doubles competitions.
As a result, I did not expect that it was not yet a year after the Olympic Games this time, but Ito Mimachi was a rebel and once again participated in the mixed doubles competition in this important competition.
Of course, from the current point of view, it is not difficult to understand that Ito Mimachi signed up for this mixed doubles competition. It is that before, whether it was in the women's singles or women's doubles competition, it was not possible to achieve good results, so this time in the mixed doubles, it may be seen that the national table tennis did not sign up to participate, Ito Mimachi naturally hopes to be able to compete for the championship again in this project that he is better at. For their domestic table tennis associations, they can also be accounted for. Perhaps based on this, Ito will eventually go against his decision.
Only from the current point of view, although the national table tennis did not register for this two-stop event, but after the Asian Games in September this year, the two sides will play again. At that time, if Ito continues to participate in the mixed doubles competition of the Asian Games, it will surely usher in a very important blow for herself.
Because from the current point of view, Liu Guoliang is ready to move fiercely, waiting for Ito Mimachi, waiting for the Japanese team. This so-called killer is the ace combination of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha.
Since last year, their ace duo has won gold medals in the Mixed Doubles at the World Table Tennis Championships and the Grand Slam Challenge. From such strength, it can already be seen that their results are very good, and it is not much chance of winning against the Warring States Table Tennis Mixed Doubles Ace Combination.
From the current point of view, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen have completed their historical mission, and then basically retreated to the second line. Liu Guoliang will surely leave more opportunities for these two newcomers, these two young people. So from this point of view, it is not so simple that Ito wants to take advantage of the mixed doubles in the Asian Games, or to achieve good results.
It can only be said that for Ito Mimachi, the next step is really difficult, don't be too happy too soon.