Table Tennis GF Mix Doubles Mizutani / Ito Semifinals December 12th 20:16
The Grand Final of World Tour, the last international tournament for table tennis, opened in China on the 12th. At Mix Doubles, a pair of Satoshi Mizutani and Misato Ito won the first game straight and proceeded to the semi-final.
The Grand Final was the last international tournament that only the players with the best results from the previous World Tour could participate, and it opened in Zhengzhou, China on the 12th.
Of these, 8 pairs participated in the Mixed Doubles, and Mizutani and Ito played against the French pair in the first quarterfinals.
The first game was a game up to the middle, but Mizutani and Ito scored 11-7, including points for each serve.
From the second game onward, the two games were collected consecutively with a breath-taking play, such as persistently returning in a rally or hitting a course where the opponent's pair was difficult to pick up. I decided to advance to the semi-final on the 13th.
Also, in the women ’s doubles quarterfinals this month's Junior World Championship Winner Mihara Kihara and Misaki Nagasaki competed against a pair of Slovakia and Czech players in a 3-to-2 game count at the end of the full game. It was.
The pair of Miyu Hirano and Saki Shibata lost to Taiwan pair 1 to 3.
Mizutani “The Battle Without Regrets” Ito “I'm looking forward to the tomorrow's game”
Mizutani looked back at the game, saying, “It was a very good play from the beginning to the end, and it was a content that would lead to tomorrow”.
And for the first round of the men ’s singles that took part in the Tokyo Olympics held on the 13th, “If you ca n’t participate in the Olympics, the next game will be the last game of the international tournament. I want to do it. "
Ito said, “We were able to play at our own pace from the first game, and we had a very good game for the first game. There were a lot of rallies, but it was great that we were able to make it. There are so many, challenging and fun, and I ’m really looking forward to playing tomorrow, ”he said with a smile.
And for the first round of the women's singles on the 13th, “I've been preparing to compete with anyone, so I want to do my best. Concentrate on each game in front of me. I want to fight. "