Table tennis Misato Ito World top level strength Certainly on December 15 14:41

19-year-old table tennis player Misato Ito who quickly established the position of the representatives of the Tokyo Olympics, where there was an ongoing battle. This year was a year in which the world's top-level strengths were more certain, such as the table tennis kingdom with the top players in the world ranking and more than 10 wins from Chinese players. What was the reason for that?

It has been one year since the Tokyo Olympics and women's singles struggled over the two frames. Ito has always led the two teams, Yoshizumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano, in the selection points, and was able to be sure to be a representative early in November.

In particular, at the international competitions that took place from October to November, the team advanced to the finals for four consecutive tournaments, including defeating the top Chinese players in the world ranking.

Furthermore, at the Austrian Open in November, the Chinese player who had continued 11 tournaments on the World Tour was blocked and won.

In fact, at the Grand Final of the World Tour, which was the last international tournament, the Chinese player ranked first in the world ranking was defeated in the semi-final. All the above, I showed stable strength that I could never lose to foreign players other than China.

Ito said, “I think I was able to grow and there was a tournament where I felt that I was able to improve. I think I was approaching the goal of“ Unbeatable Player ””.

Coach Matsuzaki, who teaches about the factors since elementary school, said, “The basic practice has improved since I started doing basic exercises that I was not good at. I've raised the point that I grew up.

By repeating the basic practice of continuously hitting the same course or moving to the left and right using footwork and continuously hitting dozens of balls, the scoring ability in the rally, which I was relatively weak, increased, and the attack The width has expanded.

Only 7 months left until the Tokyo Olympics aiming for a gold medal. It was a year of high expectations for the Olympics, Ito who strongly said, “It is important to win in any situation.