Table Tennis World Cup Women's Group Match Japan lost to China and finished 2nd in 2 consecutive games on November 10 at 23:22
The table tennis World Cup team match, which also served as a test tournament for the Tokyo Olympics, was followed by women ’s finals, and Japan ’s singles were defeated by Misato Ito. Second place.
The table tennis World Cup team match was held at the Tokyo Gymnasium in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, the same as the Olympic Games, in conjunction with the Tokyo Olympic test competition.
The game was fought in the same format as the Olympics, where the team that won the first three wins in one doubles and four singles wins.
The Japanese girls played against China, which ranked first to third in the singles world ranking in the final on the evening of the final day of the tournament.
In the doubles of the first game, Yoshizumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano, who were the same as in the previous four games, participated in pairs, but they could not handle the strong shots of China pairs or shots with harsh courses. Lost on a 0-3 straight.
In the second match singles, Ito, the 7th player in the world, played the same player at the age of 19, and the third-placed Sun Go player.
Ito scored 11-8 with points in the first game, returning intense shots or breaking with a serve.
In the 2nd game, 5-9 consecutive points were taken from 9: 4 and 9: 9 was caught, but the opponent's serve was skillfully received and 2 consecutive points were taken, taking 11: 9.
However, in the 3rd and 4th games, the ball attacked by Ito was returned or over, and points were lost, and the two games were dropped and the game was entangled in the final game.
In the 5th game, Ito scored 10-7 in the form of good attacks such as serve and smash, and got the match point first.
However, even if he was driven in, he did not return a strong shot of his grandchild who attacked bullishly, but lost 5 consecutive points at the last minute and allowed a reversal and dropped 10-12.
Ito lost the game count 2 to 3. In the third match, Hirano, the 10th place in the world, played against Liu Poetry, the 2nd place in the world, but Hirano didn't return one more than Liu who made no mistakes in a fast rally. I enjoyed a straight loss.
Japan lost to China 0-3 and was in second place for two consecutive tournaments. China won the tournament for the ninth consecutive year, and next year the Tokyo Olympics will be held at the same venue.
* "Bun" is "sentence" under the rain