On August 13-14, the Japanese table tennis team held a selection match , the 2022 T-League Nojima Cup (individual competition), in which 16 men and 24 women competed. After the first day of fierce competition, the men's singles of Tomokazu Motomoto, Masataka Morien, Makoto Yoshimura, Yoshiyama, and the women's singles of Miyu Hirano, Sattsuki Shibata, Hina Hayata and Miyo Kihara advanced to the semifinals
In the first match of the men's singles semifinals, Zhang Benzhi and vs Morien Masashi, at the beginning of the game, Zhang Benzhihe directly sent an 11:1, and the result turned in the third set, Morien Masashige returned him a 11:1. Although Masataka Morien won the third set in a crushing manner, he was still powerless to fight back in the fourth and fifth sets, and was eventually eliminated by Zhang Benzhihe 4-1 (11:1, 11:9, 1:11, 11:5, 11:7). Seeing this score, some fans bluntly said that it was "a bit dramatic", and at the same time, they were also jokingly called "revenge on the spot".
In the second semi-final, Yoshimura Makoto narrowly defeated Yoshiyama 4-3, it is worth mentioning that the fifth world champion Yoshimura Makoto was mercilessly "shaved his head" by the opponent, and the seven inning scores were 8:11, 11:8, 11:6, 11:8, 0:11, 9:11, 11:5. I have to say that the men's singles semifinals are really wonderful, directly blasting out two 11:1 and one 11:0.
In the men's singles final, Zhang Benzhi and Makoto Yoshimura. At the beginning of this year's All-Japan Table Tennis Championships, Makoto Yoshimura eliminated Zhang Benzhi 4-2 and stopped him in the round of 16. But in yesterday's game, Zhang Benzhi played steadily, and finally swept Makoto Yoshimura 4-0 (12:10, 11:3, 11:7, 11:4) and successfully "revenge". (Battle for Third Place: Yoshiyama Yoshiyama 4-1 Morien Masataka)
In an interview after the game, Zhang Benzhi and Xiao Jing were like flowers, and they could feel Zhang Benzhi and the happiness of winning across the screen, and many fans saw this picture and praised it for being cute. Zhang Benzhi and Reverse Lin Gaoyuan won the WTT Championship last month, but his singles performance in the Tunisia regular season next to it was not satisfactory, and winning the championship in this selection tournament was also an encouragement to him.
On the women's singles side, Hina Hayata swept Miyu Kihara (11:2, 11:7, 11:4, 11:9) and Miyu Hirano 4-1 to take Shibata 4-1 (12:10, 11:6, 2:11, 11:5, 11:8) to advance to the final. In the end, Hina Hayata lived up to expectations and won the team championship again with a 4-1 (8:11, 11:5, 12:10, 12:10, 11:4) victory over Miyu Hirano. (Third Place Battle: Miyu Kihara 4-0 Shibata Satsuki)
It is reported that the winner of the selection tournament can receive 25 Japan Table Tennis Association Paris Olympic Games selection points and 1 million yen, the runner-up 200,000 points 500,000, the third place 15 points 300,000, the fourth place 10 points, 5-8 5 points, 9-16 place 3 points, 16-24 place 1 point (the 4th-24th place is 100,000 yen reward). As a result, Tomokazu Zhang ben and Hina Hayata, who also won the Lion King Cup Round of 32, were further expanded in points, and both of them led by 75 points.
The situation of the new "first sister" Ito Mimachi is somewhat unfortunate, ranking only fifth. In March, the Lion King Cup Round of 32 (World Table Tennis Championships) lost to Nagasaki Miyu and missed the final four, and in April the Asian Games trials lost to Miyu Kihara to miss the singles qualification, and now the T League individual competition has lost to Shibata Shaji to stop the quarterfinals.
From the Houston World Table Tennis Championships so far, Ito's performance began to fluctuate significantly, externally inferior to Wang Yidi, killed by Wang Manyu, defeated by Sun Yingsha, internally it is also a series of defeats, her "first sister" position is somewhat unstable, it seems to have signs of substitution.
Seeing ito's performance in the past one or two years, I can't help but think of a passage that Zhang Yining said in 2015: "Ito's backhand is OK, the system is a bit like Ai Fukuhara, the forehand structure is so-so, when you are a child, you may win some goals, but at a certain age, it will not develop, and after 20 years old, it will basically pose no threat to the Chinese team." ”
The momentum of Ito In 2018 is indeed fierce, and the Swedish Open's "string of threes" record is still fresh in my memory. Although she won the gold medal in mixed doubles at the Tokyo Olympics, the women's singles still failed to break through the national table tennis defense. In the following games, she also did not have to achieve good results, often "upset" out, so some fans believe that Zhang Yining's prediction may come true. Do you think this statement is accurate?