Table tennis international tournament opening: Ishikawa and Hirano pay attention to the Olympic team fight on December 12 at 6:20
The grand final of World Tour, the last international tournament for table tennis, will open in China on the 12th. Based on the results of the tournament, the Tokyo Olympics singles battle will be settled, and for girls, it will be noted which player, Yoshizumi Ishikawa or Miu Hirano, will be the representative.
The Grand Final is a tournament that only the top performers of the World Tour can participate in, and will open in Zhengzhou, China on the 12th.
Since the top two men and women in the world ranking next month based on the points earned at the 1 year international tournament will be selected for the Japanese representatives of the Tokyo Olympics singles, the results of the Grand Final will be the last international tournament. So, the final battle for the representative is settled.
For women, Misato Ito has already made sure that the singles are represented, and Ishikawa and Hirano are competing for the remaining frame.
Currently, Ishikawa is leading, and if two players have the same result in this tournament, if Ishikawa wins as many as one, Hirano will be a representative.
In the first round, held on the night of the 12th, both opponents will be Chinese players, Ishikawa will be 3rd in the world, Liu Poetry *, and Hirano will be 18th in the world.
On the other hand, Tomokazu Harimoto has already made it into the representative for men's singles, and Takaki Niwa and Satoshi Mizutani are competing for the remaining one.
Two players, Mr. Harimoto and Mizutani, will participate in the Grand Final, and Niwa will not participate.
If Mizutani advances to the semi-finals, Mizutani will be able to be a singles representative, and if Mizutani is eliminated by the quarter-finals, Niwa will be a representative.
Last year's tournament was also about what kind of battle the men ’s singles, the youngest player ever won, and Mr. Ito, who was going to the finals in the last four international tournaments in the women ’s singles. Attention gathers.
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