On May 20, Beijing time, Japan's professional sports media "Nikkan Sports" reported that TV Tokyo, the TV anchor of the Japanese table tennis team, finalized that the guest commentator of the Durban World Table Tennis Championships is former Olympic gold medalist Hayabusa Mizutani. Mizutani Hayabusa wished Zhang Benzhihe a medal, but he gave Zhang Ben a phrase often said by the coach of the Chinese team, "The Olympic Games test psychology, and the World Table Tennis Championships test technology." He said frankly that he was more worried about the prospect of Ito competing for tickets to the Paris Olympics, and he thought that Ito needed to relax his mind to play in this World Table Tennis Championships.
The Japanese table tennis team, the goal of this Durban World Table Tennis Championships is to challenge for medals in all individual events, this is the first time in 56 years that the team has shouted such a slogan. In recent decades, the best result of the Japanese men's singles in the World Table Tennis Championships is the quarterfinals maintained by Hayabusa Mizutani. Zhang Motochi and before the competition have already said that he hopes to surpass Mizutani Hayabusa, win a medal, and achieve self-breakthrough.
Mizutani Hayabusa said that Zhang Benzhihe defeated two Chinese team main players in a row at the World Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu in the second half of last year, and if he can fight with the same spirit this time, there is a high possibility of winning a medal. However, Mizutani also believes that the psychological pressure of the competition on the players is relatively large, and whether they can play their own level smoothly is very critical.
Hayabusa Mizutani said: "The coach of the Chinese team often says that the Olympic Games test psychology, and the World Table Tennis Championships test technology. I think so. I have never seen a Chinese team player with a psychological breakdown and abnormal performance in the World Table Tennis Championships, and it is difficult to win if you do not surpass them in technique and tactics. "Zhang Benzhihe is in the same district as Liang Jingkun, and if he wants to win a medal, he must pass Liang Jingkun. Liang Jingkun has a 4-1 record against Zhang Ben so far.
Regarding the current situation of his mixed doubles partner Mimato Ito at the Tokyo Olympics, Hayabusa Mizutani admitted: "I am a little worried about Ito's athletes. ”
Ito is currently ranked 7th in the Japanese team's Olympic selection system, while the top two qualify for the singles ticket in Paris. Hayabusa Mizutani still knows Mimato Ito very well, he said that Mimato Ito has been very painful in the past six months, she was originally a player with relatively large psychological ups and downs, and recently lost consecutive games, giving the impression that people are very low.
This Durban World Table Tennis Championships is a very important key battle to grab points. The Japan Table Tennis Association stipulates that the singles champion can add 200 points, the runner-up 160 points, and the third place 120 points. Hayabusa Mizutani advises, "The most important thing is to relax and go to the game. If you play with a special desire to win, you can't play a good game, the most important thing is to relax and play and feel that it is better to have fun than anything else. ”