Table Tennis Grand Final Satomoto Ito Best 8 Eliminated Mizutani December 13 16:07
The World Tour of Table Tennis held in China, the Grand Final, was held in the first round of men and women singles, and Tomokazu Harimoto and Misato Ito, who are sure to enter the Olympics team, advanced to the best eight.
The Grand Final, held in Zhengzhou, China, is an international tournament where only players with the best results from the previous World Tour can participate.
On the 13th day of the tournament, the first round of men's and women's singles was held. Last year, the boy who won the youngest championship in the history of last year, Zhangmoto played against 15th-ranked German Patrick Franciska. Did.
Zhangmoto allowed the lead in the first game, 4-9, but took the lead in the serve, etc., caught 5 consecutive points to catch the same point, and took 14-12 at the end of the deuce .
From the second game onwards, we decided on a strengthened forehand everywhere and decided to advance to the quarter finals with a straight 4-0 game count without getting close to the opponent.
In addition, Satoshi Mizutani, the 14th-ranked player in the world, played against Ugo Calderano, the sixth-placed player in Brazil, but lost the game count of 1: 4 due to the strong shots of the opponent. It was.
As a result, Mizutani could not surpass Niwa Takaki in the Tokyo Olympics and men's singles representative selection points, and Niwa became a representative.
As for girls, Ito, the 4th place in the world, played against Taiwan Shizuka, the 8th place in the world.
Ito took the lead in the sixth game, Serve and Receive, with a game count of 2 to 3, and lost 11 to 3.
In the final game, the match point was 10-8 first, but the forehand smash that went to the match was returned and the game was caught up. At the end, Ito's backhand went to the end and took this game 12:10, and competed in the game count 4-3 to advance to the quarterfinals.