At the beginning of the Tokyo Olympic cycle, the supremacy of national table tennis in the world table tennis world has been strongly impacted by the Japanese table tennis team, especially the young female player Ito Mimako, who broke the monopoly of national table tennis in the open tournament many times to win the championship, and the men's team Zhang Benzhihe also has the record of defeating the main force of national table tennis, and the two have become the first strong opponents of national table tennis for a long time in the future. In recent interviews, two rival Japanese media announced new goals, Zhang Benzhihe plans to participate in six consecutive Olympic Games in his career, and Ito Mimachi is vowing to win the Women's Singles Women's Doubles Championship at the Houston World Championships.
Zhang Benzhihe is a "second generation of table tennis", his family of four has been engaged in table tennis, his father was once a member of the Sichuan table tennis team, his mother Zhang Ling is Deng Yaping's teammate, but also a national table tennis player, Zhang Benzhihe and his sister Zhang Benmeihe were born in Japan, are the best in table tennis at the same age, it can be said that Zhang Benzhihe's current achievements have surpassed his parents: the men's singles champion in the 2018 year-end finals and the runner-up of the men's singles in the 2019 World Cup and the third place in the men's team at the Tokyo Olympic Games. He also defeated the main player of national table tennis many times in the Open Tournament.
Zhang Benzhihe, who is less than 18 years old this year, has participated in major competitions such as the Olympic Games, world championships and world cups, and there is still room for improvement as he grows older, although he became the youngest male singles player in the world championships in 2017, followed by the 2019 world championships singles on the cold and did not qualify for the top 8, and the singles competition of the Tokyo Olympic Games was also out early, reflecting the psychological immaturity of young players and the need to go through more such a big competition test.
Zhang Benzhihe recently expressed the grand ambition of his career to the Japanese media, he is ready to participate in 6 consecutive Olympic Games, to play until the 2040 Olympic Games, now Pol, Zhuang Zhiyuan, Ocharov have been nearly 40 years old, still insisting on playing without retiring, but the Japanese table tennis team has been updated quickly in recent years, Mizutani Hayabusa, who won the Olympic championship, only chose to retire at the age of 32, and it is still unknown whether the 37-year-old Zhang Benzhihe can persist or not.
Japan's first sister, Mimachi Ito, has announced her immediate goal of winning the double title at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships at the end of November. The threat of Ito Mimachi is a half-stakes for the Chinese women's team, on the one hand, it is a huge threat to winning the championship, and on the other hand, it is an incentive for the whole team to improve its technology. Before the Tokyo Olympics, Ito Announced that the goal was three golds, and finally snatched one gold from the national table tennis players, which is already very remarkable.
Looking forward to the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Ito is undoubtedly the most powerful contender for medals in the women's singles and women's doubles events, and is the well-deserved number one rival of the national table tennis women's team. The last World Table Tennis Championships Ito Mimachi was eliminated by Sun Yingsha in the third round of singles, missed the women's singles round of 16, women's doubles is the runner-up of the previous year, this year is still paired with Hayata Hina, full of competitiveness, women's doubles to break through the two pairs of national table tennis combinations of hope is greater, singles want to pass multiple levels of national table tennis I am afraid it is difficult for Ito Mimachi to reproduce a scene of the 2018 Swedish Open.
Ito Mimachi did not have a victory against Chen Meng, and Sun Yingsha was only 1 win and 7 losses, only 2 wins against Wang Manyu, and Wang Yidi 2 wins and 3 losses, did not play with Chen Xingtong, in the case of the confrontation record is not superior, Ito Mimako single to get a medal is not bad.