Miu Hirano led Kinoshita Kanagawa Club in the Japanese Table Tennis T League against Japan Paint Club, and won 3-1 on aggregate. The only set lost was when Miu Hirano, the No. 1 singles, was defeated by Sakura Yokoi, a high school player from the Japan Paint Club. The name Sakura Yokoi is no stranger to fans, as she has been famous in Japan for a long time.
Sakura Yokoi almost upset Hina Hayada in the qualifiers this year, and also defeated Mimato Ito. This player is a great threat to the main players of Japanese table tennis, and his playing skills are very aggressive, but he has no time to participate in international competitions, and if he debuts in the international arena, he will not lose to Miu Hirano.
If Yokoi Sakura fights Sun Yingsha, it will definitely be Sun Yingsha's fierce rival. In the first set of the doubles match, Kanagawa FC's Miyu Kihara/Miyu Nagasaki defeated Satsuki Oto/Saki Shibata 2-1. Kihara's Miyu team played all three sets with their opponents to 10-10 before separating the winners, and it was quite difficult to win.
The tacit understanding of the Oto Satsuki combination is not weak, and the Kihara Miyu combination is winning on key points, which shows that the overall strength of the Japanese table tennis players in these leagues is not weaker than the main force of Japanese table tennis. It is no wonder that many national table tennis players choose to play in the Japanese Table Tennis League, and they can indeed get real exercise.
Players such as Kihara Miyu and Nagasaki Miyu, who often participate in international competitions, still do not have the absolute upper hand in the domestic arena, which shows that the competitiveness of the younger generation of Japanese table tennis is getting better and better. Wang Manyu led Chen Meng to narrowly defeat the Kihara Miyu combination in the mixed team World Cup, and he knew that the gap between the main players of national table tennis and these ordinary players in the Japanese Table Tennis League is narrowing.
After a narrow first-set win for Kanagawa FC, Sakura Yokoi beat Miu Hirano 3-0 in the second set to equalize the aggregate score for Nippon Paint FC. Sakura Yokoi has also completed the transcendence of the golden generation of Japanese table tennis, whether it is Misei Ito or Hina Hayata, both have been defeated by this competitor.
Sakura Yokoi is so good, why doesn't she even have an official international ranking? That's because she really doesn't have the funds to play international tournaments, and Japanese players have to pay for international tournaments. Despite the rapid decline in Ito's power, the world ranking has remained in the top 10, higher than today's Miu Hirano and Miwa Zhangmoto, because Ito has the support of sponsors.
This is also the difference between Japanese table tennis players and national table tennis players, Izusawa Xingjia participated in the Universiade this year and defeated He Zhuojia and Qian Tianyi in a row, which let fans see the true level of Japanese domestic league players. The reason why many powerful players in the Japanese league are not famous in Japanese table tennis is that in addition to the fierce competition, it is because they have no money to play commercial events.
In fact, Japanese table tennis is suffering from happy troubles, and the increasing number of excellent players makes them have more and more choices, which makes the competitiveness of Japanese table tennis more and more outstanding in the future. Miu Hirano lost 7-11 in the first game of the second set, 9-11 in the second game, and 7-11 in the third game.
Sakura Yokoi attacked faster in the first three boards, basically scoring on one board, and didn't pay attention to too much turnaround. Miu Hirano is still not used to her fast attack in the first three boards, and the trend is gone without scoring key points in the second game. Zhang Benmei and the third set narrowly defeated chipper Hashimoto Hashimoto Hashimoto Hashimoto, and chased two games in a row after falling behind 1-2.
Although Hashimoto is a chipper, her offensive ability is also excellent, showing technical stability on both offensive and defensive ends. Although Miwa Zhang took the lead in winning the first game 11-4, in the second game, Hashimoto Fanoka grasped the key points 11-10. In the third game, the game was easily won 11-5, and Zhang Benmei was disrupted by the opponent's fast attack.
The score fell behind Zhang Benmei and decisively adjusted, and the next two games were won 11-9 and 11-10 respectively. Hashimoto Honoka created too much score pressure for Miwa Zhangmoto, but he was still conservative as a chipper in the grasp of the key ball, and it was a pity to lose this game, and he was almost able to win.
Although she is young, she is in the ascending period of her skills, and it is a critical moment in the competition for the Paris Olympics, so it is indeed possible to improve by losing as little as possible. In this way, the Kanagawa club took a big 2-1 lead, Zhang Benmei and the play of this game is still quite tough, although she is young and has little experience in the game, but she carried it down at the critical moment, which is a challenge for Sun Yingsha next, and the two sides will play each other in the Doha Star Challenge.
In the singles match in the fourth set, Miyu Kihara defeated Satsuki Oto 3-0, and Miyu Kihara's advantage in backhand was reflected, and it also showed that this player's game was very stable. Because of this match against the Japan Paint Club, she scored two points alone and was the biggest contributor to the team's victory.
Miyu Kihara won the first game 11-5 and won the second game 11-7. Satsuki Oto fell behind by a big score, and in the third game, he directly gave up and lost 3-11. Satsuki Oto is also improving quickly, and he defeated Miu Hirano not long ago. Miyu Kihara was able to sweep her opponent with ease, which is enough to prove that she does have the strength to defeat Wang Yidi.
These main Japanese table tennis players are participating in their country's professional leagues, only Zhang Benmeihe has to go non-stop to participate in the Doha Star Challenge after playing this game, it seems that Zhang Benmei and this is a game training, always maintain the state of the game, waiting for Sun Yingsha's challenge.