T-League 2nd Year Opening Satoshi Mizutani contributes to the team victory with the success of August 29:15 on August 29
The second year of the table tennis domestic league, the T-League, opened on the 29th, and Kinoshita Meister Tokyo, who aims for the second straight victory in the boys, won the competition with Keisuke Mizutani.
The T-League is a domestic table tennis league that started last year with the aim of expanding popularity and strengthening players for the Tokyo Olympics. Four teams will participate in both men and women.
The opening season of the men of the second year was held in Tachikawa City, Tokyo on the evening of 29th, and Tomokazu Harimoto, 5th in the world ranking, Takaki Niwa, 10th, and Mizutani, 14th, belonged for the second consecutive title. Neura Kinoshita Meister Tokyo and Okayama Rivets played against each other.
In the first match doubles, Tokyo played in a pair of Harimoto and Niwa, but dropped with a game count of 1 to 2.
In the singles of the second game, Mizutani overwhelmed with his powerful forehand and won straight, and Tokyo also won the third game.
In Tokyo, where one more victory was won, Harimoto participated in the fourth game and played against Masataka Moritoshi, but he was unable to ride the flow, such as making a mistake in the forehand. I lost in 3
The game is tangled up to the final fifth game where only one game is complied with T-League's own rules, and Mizutani participated in Tokyo and played against Ueda Hitoshi Okayama.
Mizutani won 11: 6 by showing his strength, calmly returning his opponent's powerful shots, inviting mistakes, and deciding a strong forehand.
In Tokyo, Mizutani played an active part in winning Okayama 3-2 and decorated the opening round with victory.
Mizutani "Play as you are"
Mizutani, who contributed to the victory with two wins in the singles, said, “The second game was easier than I had imagined because I was good at the forehand. I didn't want to do the last game, but I decided here. I played with the feeling that there was nothing but I was very nervous, but I was glad that I was able to play myself. ”
And as for the fact that it will be a game that is going over an international tournament where there is a competition for the representatives of the Olympics, “I think that playing in the T-League will lead to my growth, and the results here are also directly linked to the world tour. I want to do my best to be the best player in the T-League and be able to participate in the Olympics. ”