Beijing time on August 14 news, the 2022 Japan Table Tennis T League individual competition continued in Kanagawa Prefecture, the women's singles semifinals, Hayata Shina defeated Miyu Kihara 4-0 to advance to the final, will compete with Hirano Miyu for the championship, the latter eliminated Ito Mimako's terminator Shibata Sasuke 4-1.
As the highest-ranked player in Japanese women's table tennis, Ito Mimachi defeated veteran Ishikawa Yoshijun in the second round, but lost to Shibata Sasuke 3-4 in the quarter-finals and missed the final four. The other two main players of Japanese women's table tennis, Hina Hayata and Miyu Hirano, successfully reached the semifinals.
Born in July 2000, Hina Hayata celebrated her 22nd birthday last month and is currently ranked sixth in the world. In the international arena, Hayata's progress is obvious to all, and at last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, Hayata Shina and Zhang Benzhi won the mixed doubles runner-up.
In the semi-finals, Hina Hayata took on Miyuki Kihara, who was born in August 2004, who was ranked 13th in the world. In the new T-League season, Miyu Kihara is teammates with Yoshinori Ishikawa, Miyu Hirano and Miyu Nagasaki, and their main opponents are the Japanese Life Club led by Hina Hayata and Mimachi Ito.
In this women's singles competition, Hayata Shina entered the state faster and established a 7-0 lead. Miyu Kihara struggled to get a point, and then Hina Hayata balanced her attack and defense, playing a small climax of 4-1 to take the lead 11-2. In the second set, Hina Hayata continued to control the initiative on the field, taking the set point 10-5 and taking the next city 11-7.
In the third set, Hayata's high-quality serve made Kimihara have little to do, and after 3-0, Hayata Hita played a 4-1 shockwave to lead 7-1. Next, Hina Hayata continued to work hard, did not give Kihara Miyu too many opportunities, and won 11-4.
In the fourth set, Hayata Shina fell behind 3-4, 7-9, but she adjusted in time, and scored four consecutive points at the end of the set to lock in the victory 11-9, thus defeating Miyu Kihara 4-0 to reach the final.
Another semi-final was played by 2016 Women's Table Tennis World Cup champion Miyu Hirano against Shibata Saji. In the first set, the two players played hard to score, Hirano Miyu won the set point 10-9, although wasting one, but decisive at the key moment, 12-10 preemptive.
In the second set, Hirano took the lead 5-2, took the set point 10-5, and went down 11-6. In the third set, Miyu Hirano suddenly lost her grip and lost a set 2-11. In the fourth set, Miyu Hirano won 11-5 and led the set 3-1.
In the fifth set, Miyu Hirano took the lead 5-1. Not to be outdone, Shibata Shaji stubbornly chased the score to 8-9, and at the crucial moment, Hirano Miyu made a decisive move, won the match point 10-8, and locked up the victory 11-8, thus defeating Shibata Shaji 4-1 to advance to the final and compete with Hina Hayata for the championship.