Asian Championships Japanese women's table tennis inner roll is the most eye-catching Hirano Ito who signed well? Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong were tested
On September 3, Beijing time, the singles draw results of the 2023 Table Tennis Pyeongchang Asian Championships were released. The Asian Championships began today in the team competition, and the women's team and men's team champions were selected at 6 pm on September 5 and 6 pm on September 6 respectively. The first round of singles began at 14:45 pm on September 6, and because the battle for the second Olympic man of Japanese women's table tennis Ito and Miyu Hirano is becoming increasingly hot, this focus even exceeds the China-Japan women's table tennis battle. Judging from the lottery, Miyu Hirano and Mimato Ito have their own merits, mainly depending on the performance of each of them, while Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi of National Table Tennis will first face a huge test.
PyeongChang Asian Championships Women's Singles Signing Table
District 1/4: Sun Yingsha, Zheng Yijing, Batra, Hina Hayada
Zone 2/4: Shin Yubin, Chen Siyu, Miyu Hirano, Chen Xingtong
Zone 3/4: Wang Yidi, Sutasini, Tian Zhixi, Ito Mimako
Area 4/4: Wang Manyu, Miyu Kihara, Du Kaixuan, Chen Meng
From the signing table itself, Miyu Hirano and Mimato Ito are in their respective districts, the opponent's strength is relatively average, Miyu Hirano and Chen Xingtong are in the women's singles 4/8 zone, and the round of 16 will be encountered in advance. And Misei Ito did not have too strong opponents before entering the quarterfinals, and the eight into four may meet Wang Yidi.
Chen Xingtong has won four consecutive matches against Miu Hirano so far, most recently in the round of 16 of the women's singles at the 2021 WTT Year-End Finals, where Chen Xingtong defeated Mimato Ito 3-0. Wang Yidi is 5-2 against Misei Ito, and the two last met in the final of the Asian Cup in Bangkok last year, which Wang Yidi won 4-2.
If Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi play normally, the possibility of these two Japanese female table tennis main players winning is relatively unlikely, but if they play beyond the level, the situation is difficult to predict. If Miyu Hirano reaches the semifinals, the semifinals will be against Sun Yingsha. What needs to be repeated is that in Zagreb in early July this year, Miyu Hirano won the championship by defeating Liu Weishan, Qu Man and Sun Yingsha.
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According to the latest Olympic points ranking released by the Japan Table Tennis Association at the end of August, Hina Hayata currently ranks first with 600.5 points, Miu Hirano ranks second with 400 points, Mima Ito ranks third with 369.5 points, and Ito's total score is 30.5 points less than Miu Hirano. At the end of May this year, after the end of the Durban World Table Tennis Championships, Misei Ito was only 11.5 points behind Miyu Hirano.
For Hirano and Ito in this Asian Championship, the primary focus is whether they can win against the main players of the Chinese team. The Japan Table Tennis Association stipulates that to win the top three players in the world ranking of the Chinese team, 15 points are added to the 4-win system in 7 games, and 10 points are added to the 3-win system in 5 games. Of course, in the team competition that is going on now, if they can win once, they can add 10 points, but singles can not only add points but also advance.
Chen Xingtong is currently ranked third in the world, and Miyu Hirano and her 1/8 final are very worth looking forward to. Wang Yidi is now ranked fourth in the world in women's singles, can Mimato Ito pass her and reach the semifinals? Even if Ito reaches the semifinals, the opponents in the semifinals are either Chen Meng or Wang Manyu.
According to the regulations of the Japan Table Tennis Association, the champion of this Asian Championship can earn 160 ranking points, 120 points for the second place, 80 points for the top 4, 40 points for the top 8, and 20 points for the top 16. If the women's singles of the Asian Championships, Miyu Hirano and Mimato Ito cannot win the main team of the Chinese team, Ito Mimai can theoretically beat Miyu Hirano by at least 20 points. But in the next Hangzhou Asian Games, the Japanese team participated in the women's singles only Hina Hayata and Miyu Hirano, and Mimato Ito did not qualify, and will be in an extremely unfavorable situation at the critical moment of the Olympic second-man battle, so this Asian Championship is almost Ito's last chance to catch up with Hirano on the cliffside.