Goodbye Mimato Ito! Lost the Olympic singles in advance, Hina Hayada and Miu Hirano qualified
On the afternoon of January 26, Beijing time, the Japanese Table Tennis National Championships broke out a big upset, and Olympic champion Misei Ito lost 3 games in a row while leading 3-1 and was reversed, and finally lost 3-4 to Kasumi Kimura and was eliminated.
This battle not only made Misei Ito lose the opportunity to win the women's singles championship, but also made her lose the women's singles squad for the Paris Olympics in advance - because Misei Ito's points have been determined to lag behind Hina Hayada and Miu Hirano, so according to the regulations of the Japan Table Tennis Association, the latter two will directly qualify for the women's singles of the Paris Olympics: goodbye Misei Ito!
This Japanese Table Tennis Championships is also the last Olympic selection in the Japanese team, but before that, three of the four Olympic singles places have been booked in advance by Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Hayasuke Togami, and Hina Hayata, and the last women's singles seat has also been confirmed to be born between Misei Ito and Miu Hirano, of which Misei Ito is behind in points, so the pressure is relatively greater.
It was under such circumstances that Ito's performance was very unsatisfactory, narrowly defeating Moe Nomura 4-3 in the first game, and winning 4-3 against Anka Izusawa in the second game, and then competing with Kasumi Kimura, who had a mediocre record.
After the start of the game, Ito played relatively normal in the first game, successfully winning 11-7, but then the situation on the court changed abruptly, Ito Misei collapsed after fighting hard to 11 draws in the second game, and then lost 11-13, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
In the third game, Ito regained his strength and won 11-7, followed by 11-8 in the fourth game, and was only one step away from promotion. However, in such a situation, Ito's mentality began to fluctuate, and then he lost 10-12 in the fifth game and 9-11 in the sixth game, and was dragged into the deciding stage by the opponent for the third time, which was indeed fierce!
In the seventh game, both sides had no way out, and at this time Ito Misei was already in a big mess, and finally lost the whole game 7-11, losing to Kimura Kasumi and being eliminated, stopping the women's singles top 16.
According to the regulations of the Japan Table Tennis Association, the top two athletes in the selection standings of the men's and women's teams will qualify for the singles of the Paris Olympics.
Ito may be escorted to the Olympic team event next, so will she be able to do so? Let's wait and see what happens!