In the current world table tennis world, including the Chinese team, men's table tennis is almost in a situation of chaos, and women's table tennis, although the Chinese women's table tennis can still occupy a dominant position under the role of Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi and others, it is undeniable that in recent years, other associations have also narrowed the gap between each other through their efforts, especially our fierce rival Japan team in recent Olympic cycles. Recently, former Japanese world champion Kasumi Ishikawa was interviewed about how to beat the Chinese team, and Kasumi Ishikawa was pitted once, but he stepped over the pit wittily.
Like Ai Fukuhara in the early years (can only say the early years, except after cheating), Kasumi Ishikawa is also popular with fans, fluent in Chinese, plus a good relationship with the Chinese team Chen Meng, worshipping Ma Long, never speaking big, modest and low-key personality, coupled with high appearance, makes Chinese and Japanese fans love.
When Misei Ito, Miyu Hirano and others threatened to defeat the Chinese team to win the championship, Kasumi Ishikawa, who was the captain at the time, never said this, and the most common sentence was "Let's fight one point at a time, the opponent is very strong, and I know that it is difficult to beat her." But this time, as a special guest commentator for the Paris Olympics, she was severely pitted.
Participating in the event, the on-site reporter asked Ishikawa Kasumi what advice he would like to give to several young junior sisters? Ishikawa Kasumi said happily: "Miu Hirano is very explosive, she has defeated Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi in the past two years, I hope she can play well in the Olympics, but in the team competition, doubles is very important, last time in the Tokyo Olympics, I partnered with Miu Hirano, I think the cooperation is very good." So if the Japanese team wants to win the team gold medal, they have to win the first set one point first, every time I see Miwa Zhangmoto, I think she is improving so fast, I hope that in the next 3 months, the two of them can train well in this area and increase tacit understanding. ”
At the last event, Kasumi Ishikawa always said that you have to be firm to compete with the Chinese team, because the Chinese team is very strong, and it is difficult to beat them, not only in terms of skill but also in spirit. This time, as soon as the Japanese media came up, they dug a hole and asked directly: "If you want to overthrow the Chinese team to win the championship, how should you face it?"
Kasumi Ishikawa reacted very quickly, perhaps knowing that she didn't jump when digging a pit, and this was the first time she had answered this question in a long time. She said: "The gap between us and the Chinese team is narrowing now. It's the same with any team, as long as you win the first set of doubles, even if it is the strong world queen of China, then there will be a lot of pressure on the players in the second and third sets. So I hope Miu Hirano and Miwa Haramoto train well in the future. ”
These words are not only to give advice to their own country, but also to give the Chinese team enough praise, no one will hurt, maybe this is Ishikawa Kasumi's language art, high emotional intelligence dialogue, it is difficult to make people hate. But what I don't understand is that as the Olympics are approaching, the Japanese media have always had this kind of topic, overthrowing China at every turn, and not even adding a team word, who gave the courage?