Table Tennis T-League Women's Opening Ishikawa wins and Kanagawa wins August 31 4:42
The opening game of the T-League women ’s national league of table tennis and T-League, which will be in their second year, took place in Osaka on the night of 30th.
The T-League is a domestic 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 for girls in the second year of the season was held on the night of 30th in Naniwa Ward, Osaka, where Kinoshita Aviel Kanagawa and Nippon Life Red Elf, aiming for the second straight victory, faced each other.
In the midst of a fierce fight for representatives over the Tokyo Olympics Women's Singles 2 frame, Misato Ito, who is ranked 7th in the world ranking, left off the participation following last season and the world belonging to Nippon Life Miu Hirano, 9th place, has announced that he will not participate in the game until next month due to adjustments for the international competition.
Ishikawa, 8th in the world, was the only top 3 player in the world ranking and participated in the opening round as a member of Kanagawa.
Ishikawa took the first game with the team having won two games first, and then lost the rest. After that, he gradually improved his tone, such as accumulating points in his favorite rally. I won the game count 3: 1 by taking the game continuously.
The game was entangled in the final fifth game where only one game was complied with T-League's own rules, and Ishikawa participated again in Kanagawa and played against Hina Hayada.
Ishikawa grabbed the flow with a powerful shot on the course and won 11-9. Kanagawa won the opening match 3-2 with the success of Ishikawa.
Mr. Ishikawa "I attacked with all my heart"
Yoshizumi Ishikawa, who contributed to the victory by winning two singles, said, “I absolutely wanted to win and I started to play all my strength. Although I made a mistake, I was able to play calmly while thinking about various strategies by changing my mind from the middle.The last game was one game, so I thought it was important to start, and I managed to attack I looked back on the two games that participated.
In addition, the fact that the Tokyo Olympics competition was intensifying and the international competition continued was the only one of the top three in the world rankings. So I thought that I had to be here and I wanted to play, because I was very nervous and a lot of strong players from overseas, so I could improve my level, I want to make the T-League a place for growth.I want to play well and be confident in the next international tournament. "