In the first round of the women's singles of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam tournament, the Japanese table tennis derby was ushered in, and Miyu Kihara finally defeated Miyu Nagasaki 3-1. Miyu Kihara won the key points 11-9 in the first game, and Miyu Nagasaki fell behind 6-9 in the second game. Chasing the score to 8-9 through serve and forehand attack, Miyu Nagasaki made a forehand serve and grabbed a mistake at a critical moment, and lost the second game 8-11 with a forehand long ball.
In the first two games, Miyu Nagasaki was inferior to Miyu Kihara in handling key points in the final moments, and the gap between Miyu Nagasaki and her teammates was reflected in these key points. In the third game, Miyu Kihara ate a backhand long ball, and Miyu Nagasaki lost a forehand and hit a high ball to open the game to 2-2. Miyu Nagasaki received the serve and pulled back, rubbing a long backhand to lead 4-2, and Miyu Kihara rebounded a forehand to chase the score to 5-6.
Miyu Nagasaki continued to attack the opponent's forehand, throwing off the score 10-6, and finally receiving the serve to score 11-6 to pull back a game. Miyu Kihara was suddenly disrupted by Miyu Nagasaki's attack on the forehand, and fell into passivity from the middle and late stages of the game.
In the fourth game, Miyu Kihara rebounded and started 0-3, and then continued forehand attacks to chase the score to 4-4. Miyu Nagasaki made a forehand service error, and was attacked by the opponent to fall behind 4-6 on the backhand position, and asked for a timeout. Miyu Nagasaki then ate the serve, received the serve and pulled back, and fell behind 5-9 with a forehand error.
Miyu Kihara rebounded from a forehand position to get the game point 10-6, and Miyu Nagasaki made consecutive forehand attacks to chase the score to 8-9. Miyu Kihara asked for a timeout, and Miyu Nagasaki attacked a forehand to chase another point. Kihara Miyu won the fourth game with a short forehand 11-9.
Although Miyu Nagasaki was trying to chase the score, the difference in the front was a little wide, and she did not catch up with the score at the last moment, so it can only be said that Kihara Miyu's offensive stability was stronger, so she won the derby. In the first round of singles, Zhang Benzhi and the European player Puka won 3-2, and the first two games between the two sides were tied at 1-1.
Puka led 5-3 in the third game, and then made consecutive backhand errors to tie the score by Tomokazu Zhangmoto. Zhang Benzhi and the backhand serve to overtake the score 6-5, Puka asked for a timeout and then shortened the pull, and the backhand serve grabbed the score 8-6. Tomokazu Zhang made consecutive backhand offensive errors and finally lost the third game 6-11.
After Puka called a timeout, a backhand drop change disrupted Tomokazu Zhang's rhythm. In the fourth game, Zhang Benzhi and the return serve were picked with a backhand, and the forehand pressed the backhand to lead 5-2. Puka grabbed a backhand to tie the score, and Tomokazu called a timeout.
After that, Zhang Benzhi and forehand plus spin overtook the score 7-5, and Puka grabbed the backhand serve and sent a forehand short ball to chase the score to 7-8. Zhang Benzhi and the forehand position were reversed, and the forehand line changed to get the game point 10-7, and won the fourth game 11-7 by pushing the backhand position.
In this game, Tomokazu Zhang also disrupted the opponent's rhythm through a timeout, and after strengthening the forehand attack, Tomokazu Zhang still showed the oppressiveness of the attack. In this way, the two sides entered the tiebreaker contest, and Zhang Benzhi and the forehand position opened 3-1. Puka made a backhand service and made a mistake to tie the score at 4-4 through a forehand and backhand line change.
Zhang Benzhihe continued to attack with a forehand and backhand 7-4 to throw off the score, Puka's forehand was fast with a backhand, Zhang Benzhihe made a mistake with a long ball, ate a forehand short ball, and Puka swung a short backhand to chase the score to 9-9. Zhang Benzhihe scored consecutive backhand short balls at critical moments and won the tiebreaker 11-9.
Zhang Benzhi and the tiebreaker led so much that the opponent still caught up with the score, and there were also unnecessary offensive mistakes in the service and hair extensions. Tomokazu Zhang is actually quite passive in the face of European players, but he is slightly more delicate in the handling of details than European players.
Japanese table tennis player Misei Ito played against German player Winter, and Misei Ito easily won the first three boards 11-3 in the first game and played well. Ito led 8-6 in the second game, and Winter pulled back his forehand and attacked 11-8 to tie the score back to a game.
Misei Ito was scored 5 points in a row by her opponent in a short period of time and was disrupted. In the third game, Ito Mimato had a fast forehand and a backhand, and he continued to serve forehand short balls to lead 5-1. Misei Ito received the serve and rubbed the long forehand, and the forehand was fast with a backhand to expand the score to 7-1.
Winter suddenly had no feelings, and Ito gave his opponent a point with a service error, and scored 11-2 in a row to win the third game. Ito's quick connection on the first three boards disrupted the opponent's rhythm, and the fourth game was still a 5-1 start through the attack of serve extensions.
Winter pulled a forehand backhand to tie the score to 4-6 with a back-and-forth attack, and Ito called a timeout. After that, Misei Ito served to grab the forehand position, and sent a backhand long ball to sneak 8-4 to throw off the score. Winter didn't contain Ito in the service round, and the offensive technique was rough in the first three boards, and he lost the fourth game 5-11.
Originally, Ito was able to sweep the opponent, but in the second half of the game, he played more conservatively, so he was pulled back by Winter's forehand attack. In the next two games, Ito used the first three boards to limit the opponent, and Winter couldn't find the offensive rhythm at all, so the two consecutive games were lost by a large score.
From this point, it can also be seen that as long as Ito maintains her focus, her dexterous tactical changes can still be a good threat to the game, and she is still a threat to the European players at the moment.