On May 18, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT feeder tournament Cappadocia came to an end, and in the absence of the national table tennis collective, the Japanese team became the biggest winner, winning three championships in five individual events. Japan's Olympic main player Shinozuka Daito lost 1-3 to Ronnie Kojik and missed the men's singles final. In the women's singles field, Satsuki Oto swept Hitomi Sato 3-0 and won the women's singles championship in three consecutive tournaments, which is worth paying attention to in the future.
The women's singles semifinals were held on the closing day, Satsuki Oto swept Kritvika Roy 3-0, 11-2, 11-6, 11-4 in three games, and Hitomi Sato swept Hashimoto Hashimoto 3-0 in the Japanese derby, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9, Hitomi Sato and Satsuki Oto competed for the women's singles title.
In the men's singles semi-finals, Tanaka defeated South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun 3-1, who was getting farther and farther away from the Paris Olympics. In the other semi-final, Shinozuka Daden lost 1-3 to Francie Kojik and caused a big upset. Shinozuka is Japan's main Olympic athlete, and his participation in the lower divisions was supposed to be a good opportunity for him to compete for the title, but it was a bit of a surprise that Ronnie Kojik and Yutai Tanaka competed for the men's singles title.
The first final was the mixed doubles final, in which Parr/Baiscia narrowly defeated A. Ghosh/S Ghosh 3-2 in the Indian derby, and the two sides fought to a tiebreaker, with Parl/Basia winning 12-10. In the Women's Doubles final, Japan's Hitomi Sato/Hashimoto Honoka swept the Indian pair Baithea/Roy 3-0 to win the championship with a score of 11-1, 11-3, 11-8 in three games.
In the men's doubles final, Feng Yixin/Huang Yancheng defeated the French pair Dole/Burlasso 3-1 and successfully won the championship. In the women's singles final, Satsuki Oto won three games in a row 11-7, 11-5, 11-7, swept teammate Hitomi Sato and successfully won the championship. This season, the 20-year-old Satsuki Oto participated in three feeder tournaments in a row, and won all the women's singles championships.
In the final men's singles final, Yutai Tanaka defeated Franny Kojik 3-2 and once again lifted the men's singles championship trophy in the WTT event. In the absence of national table tennis, the Japanese team won the men's singles, women's singles, and women's doubles championships and became the biggest winner. Chinese Taipei players won the men's doubles championship, and the Indian team won the mixed doubles championship, which was also very fruitful. This season is the Olympic year, most of the second-tier players of the national table tennis have to serve as sparring partners, and the opportunity to go out to participate is greatly reduced.
Since the national table tennis has ended the Olympic trials and the Olympic lineup has been released, the next two months will be arranged around the Olympic preparations, and it will be difficult to participate in low-level events abroad!