On July 28, Beijing time, the Tokyo Olympic Table Tennis Women's Singles Quarterfinals ushered in the first showdown, and Japanese veteran Ishikawa Yoshizumi faced Singapore's Yu Mengyu. In the end, Ishikawa Yoshinori lost 1-4 (11-8, 5-11, 12-14, 6-11, 2-11) to Yumeyu and missed the women's singles round of 4.
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese delegation had great ambitions in table tennis. Previously, they had won the mixed doubles title. However, in the men's singles competition, Zhang Benzhihe and Niwa Takashi stopped in the round of 16 at the same time. As a result, Japan was wiped out in the men's singles event of table tennis. Japanese spectators can only turn their hopes to the women's singles competition.
In the table tennis women's singles event, Japan sent double insurance for Yoshinori Ishikawa and Mimako Ito. In the round of 16, Ishikawa beat Austria's Polkanova 4-0 to easily advance to the quarterfinals. Ito also beat Thailand's Savitabu Sutasini 4-0 to advance to the quarter-finals.
But in the first quarter-final, the Japanese women's table tennis suffered a heavy blow. Ishikawa met Singaporean golfer Yu Mengyu and was beaten four innings in a row by his opponent after taking 1 inning. Especially in the final 5th set, Ishikawa Yoshinori once fell behind his opponent 0-10. If it were not for Yu Mengyu's deliberate sending of points, the demoralized Ishikawa Yoshijun would probably have been "shaved".
Yoshijun Ishikawa, 28, is also a veteran of the Japanese table tennis team. Previously, she had competed in two Olympic Games, with her best result being 4th at the London Olympics. At the Rio Olympics, Ishikawa was out of the game with a round of upsets. Before the Olympics, Ishikawa had said it would be her last Olympic Games. Unfortunately, Ishikawa Yoshijun failed to go further at home and finally stopped in the women's singles round of 8.
With Ishikawa out, the Japanese table tennis team was left with only one seedling in the singles event. According to the schedule, Ito will play in the quarterfinals at 14:00, and her opponent is South Korea's Tian Jixi. If Ito can successfully advance to the top 4, her opponent in the semi-finals will most likely be China's Sun Yingsha!