Table tennis Grand Final To Ima Misato 4 strong Tomokazu Harimoto loses on December 14 at 4:33

While the table tennis world tour held in China, the finals of men and women singles were held in the finals, Misato Ito advanced to the best four, while Tomokazu Zhangmoto played the full game for the top Chinese player in the world We lost at the end.

The Grand Final is an international tournament where only the players with the highest scores in the World Tour can participate.

Women Misato Ito win Japanese confrontation

On the evening of the second day of the tournament, the quarter finals for men and women singles were held, and Ito, who was 4th in the world, faced Hitomi Sato, who was 17th in the world.

Ito took 2 games in a row, and the 3rd game also took 10-7 points first. However, from this point, he took 13 consecutive points by taking 3 consecutive points, such as hitting a shot near the body where the opponent was difficult to return.

Ito, who also took the 4th game, defeated Sato on a straight 4-0 game count and decided to advance to the semi-finals.

Men's Tomokazu Karimoto, but also the world's best Chinese player ...

Last year, the world ’s fifth-ranked player, who won the youngest singles singles ever, played against the world ’s top-ranked Chinese player, Xu Kin *, who has never won five times.

Although Karimoto dropped the first game, the second game regained 15 to 13 at the end of the deuce, accumulating points, such as hitting a strong forehand shot with a sharp bend.

Although the 3rd game was dropped, the 4th game and the 5th game decided the consecutive forehand that was strengthened everywhere, and made one game until the victory.

In the 6th game, the match point was 10: 9. However, the strong forehand was decided in the game, allowing the reversal and dropping 11:13.

In the final 7th game, 10: 8, the match points were again held, and the well-received “Chichita” was hit on a harsh course. It was.

Karimoto lost the game with a game count of 3 to 4, and this tournament was not the second consecutive victory.

* “Sun” bias is “斤”

Ito "I was able to fight like myself from the first game"

Ito said, “I was able to fight like myself from the first game. I have been fighting well with Sato recently, so I was able to play 4-0 while I knew each other, so I was very confident. I looked back on the game.

Regarding the first round that won at the end of the full game, “There was a case where a good ball was returned with a good ball, but I didn't care much about that, I was able to switch immediately, and the desire to win was very strong. It was a development that wasn't strange even if I lost, but in the end, it was very big that I was able to make it my own, "he said.

For the semi-final on the 14th against China ’s top-ranking Chinese player Yume, “I want to be able to rest and have a good performance, because it ’s my own ability to play with all my skills.” I was talking.

Harimoto "I didn't feel like I could get one more point"

“I have no choice but to know what was missing because I had to laugh through the tears.

And “I've been in good shape since the World Cup, and I was confident that I could definitely compete with anyone. I might have pushed a little overall, but I could n’t win at the end. "I didn't feel like I could get another point, but I felt that I wasn't able to win again, rather than being able to catch up."

After that, I looked back over the year and said, “I could n’t win the most important place, and the last game was like this, so it was the most disappointing year so far. I wanted to start practicing. "