On July 12, 2022, the Star Challenge held by the International Table Tennis Federation continued, and on the second match day, the men's singles of the national table tennis lost the first battle, the runner-up of the National Games Liu Dingshuo lost 0-3 to the British veteran Kim Kehor, and the women's singles Japanese star Miyu Hirano defeated france's Chacerin 3-0, winning the opening of the tournament, just last month's side event, she broke the long-standing championship drought.
Hirano Miyu 22 years old, ranked 17th in the world, she is the first person in the Japanese team to compete in singles, once won the Women's Table Tennis World Cup championship, that time the national table tennis temporary withdrawal, was seized by her to create history, and then Hirano Miyu won the women's singles championship at the Asian Championships, since that time, she has been the focus of the coaching team's research, in recent years, poor results, often focus on participation, very early eliminated.
However, since last year's World Table Tennis Championships, Hirano Miyu's competitive status has rebounded, and the national table tennis Olympic champion Chen Meng fought seven innings, bringing deep impressions to outside fans, coming to the new season, Hirano Miyu twice reached the women's singles final, lost to Ito Mimachi in Croatia to get runner-up, defeated Xiaoyan Haruka in Slovenia to win the championship, Hirano Miyu's recent performance, received everyone's attention.
What many fans do not understand is that the world's 17th ranked Hirano Miyu, why do you still have to participate in the qualification round, this is because the ITTF is based on her ranking when she registered, it has nothing to do with the current ranking, you need to pass three rounds of qualification, impact the main tournament seat, Hirano Miyu bye, and then play against France's Cha Celine, who eliminated South Korea's Choi Hyo-joo in the last round.
The two are not a level player, soon Hirano Miyu blasted out 11-6 to take the lead, in the second set Chaserine stepped up the offensive, at the end of the set to take a 7-3 lead, Hirano Miyu stabilized her position, chased to 8 draws and scored 3 consecutive points, won another set at 11-8, the third set Hirano Miyu won 11-9, and finally eliminated Chaserine 3-0, advanced to the third round of the qualifiers, and then fought against South Korea's Kim Ha-young for the main tournament seat.
National table tennis only Liu Dingshuo alone in the qualifiers, last year's National Games he had won Xu Xin, Wang Chuqin, and finally lost to Fan Zhendong to get the men's singles runner-up, the second round against the British player Jin Kehor, Liu Dingshuo performed poorly, even lost three sets was swept away, although the strength gap between the two is not large, but Liu Dingshuo did not win a game, or many fans are unexpected, it is worth summarizing after the game.
Through the recent competition, it is not difficult to see that the non-main players have less advantages over the players of the outer association, the victory and defeat all depend on the on-the-spot play, the mentality is very critical, and then Liu Dingshuo still has a chance, and I hope that he will continue to work hard and strive for good results in the later games.