On the afternoon of March 27, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Incheon Championship continued, and the Japanese Olympic champion Misei Ito made her debut and played with Australian athlete Liu Yangzi.
According to the signing, Ito's next opponent will be the host country's famous general and world runner-up Tian Zhixi, and the Japan-South Korea battle is about to be staged, which is worth paying attention to - see below for details.
Highlights of the game
Misei Ito was the strongest opponent of the national table tennis team in the last Olympic cycle, and later won the mixed doubles gold medal, the women's team silver medal, and the women's singles bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. However, after the arrival of the new cycle, Ito's internal and external performances declined, and he finally failed to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
After being squeezed out of the Olympic roster by Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, and Miwa Zhangmoto, Ito announced his new goal, which is to challenge for the world No. 1 throne, and then reach the quarterfinals of the women's singles at the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, and is the best performer for the Japanese team.
The process of the game
After the start of the game, Ito Misei quickly grasped the initiative on the field, and obviously suppressed Liu Yangzi in terms of speed, but in the second half of his own mistakes, he won fast and lost quickly, not only 9-3 lead was chased by the opponent to 10 draws, and then lost points, 10-11 was reversed, but in the end he won 13-11 and refused to be staged by the other party.
In the second game, Ito encountered stubborn resistance from his opponent again, and soon fell behind 3-10, and then although he chased 5 points in a row, he was still suppressed by the opponent's spin and lost 8-11, and the two returned to the same running line.
In the third game, the two played very intensely, and Ito's mother made a very strange decision, that is, to call a timeout when her daughter was behind to 4 draws, which is extremely rare in the table tennis world, but the effect is very good, and successfully disrupted Liu Yangzi's mentality, and soon Ito Misei scored 7 points in a row, broke through the opponent 11-4, and the big score was 2-1 leading and victory was in sight.
However, in the fourth game, Ito Misei still played very passively, and then lost 9-11 again, and the game entered the tiebreaker, Ito Misei came up and lost 3 points in a row, but then continued to attack and succeed, and finally reversed 11-9 and advanced to the top 16 to face Tian Zhixi.