Table Tennis Grand Final Mix Doubles Ito Mizutani to the final December 13th 19:14
The Grand Final, a table tennis world tour held in China, was held in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles, and Ms. Mizutani and Misato Ito defeated the Hong Kong pair straightly and decided to advance to the final.
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 second day of the tournament, the mixed doubles semi-final was held, and Mizutani and Ito played against Hong Kong. From the lead of the first game, 8-9, I took 3 consecutive points with the back hand with Ito's course and Mizutani's intense forehand, and took 11-9. After the 2nd game, we played 2 games, such as hitting a course where it was difficult for the opponent to take a pair.
In the semi-finals of the women's doubles, a pair of 15-year-old Misaki Kihara and 17-year-old Misaki Nagasaki faced a pair of Chinese grandchildren Sun and Iku Wang. The pair of Kihara and Nagasaki players lost the game after 2 games were taken, and then reversed the game by taking 3 games in a long rally. We decided to advance to the final on the 15th by winning 2
Kihara said, “When I changed the serve from the third game, my good play came out little by little. I think that the reason I won was that I could play hard. I would like to do it with all my power more than ever before. "
Nagasaki said, “I didn't have the means to win the first two games, and I said,“ I ’m okay, I ’m okay ”, but I wanted to cry in my heart. I think that we were able to grow a little because of the victory we took, and I'm really happy to be on the stage of the final, so I want to have a lot of fun. "