Table Tennis All Japan Championship Mixed Doubles Ito-Morizono Pair Breaks First Match January 13 20:44

The All Japan Table Tennis Championships kicked off in Osaka City, and the pair of Masataka Morizono and Misato Ito, who aim for the third consecutive victory in mixed doubles, won the first match straight and advanced to the third round.

The All Japan Championship, which decides the best table tennis in Japan, opened in Osaka City on the 13th, and the second round of mixed doubles was held.

Ito has been selected as the representative of the Tokyo Olympics in the mix doubles with a pair with Jun Mizutani, but this year the team is aiming for a third straight victory with a pair with Morizono.

In the second round, the first match, the pair of Morizono and Ito will be led to the first game, 4 to 6, but they will take 6 consecutive points with shots with Ito's course and serve by Morizono's serve. I reversed and took 11 to 8.

In the second game, he allowed the lead until the middle of the game, but at the end of the game, he scored seven points in a row with a skillful receive by Mr. Ito, took the game in reverse, and then took the third game.

The pair of Morizono and Ito advanced to the third round on March 14 with a 3-0 game count straight win.

Last year, the pair of runner-ups Tomokazu Harimoto and Miyu Nagasaki also broke through the first round with a 3-0 straight win and advanced to the third round.

Ito: Calm down and recover Morizono: Always be ready to attack

Ms. Ito, who participated in the mixed doubles of the Table Tennis All-Japan Championship, once looked back at the first match that allowed the opponent to take the lead and said, "I was successfully assembled and led. I thought I had to calm down. I was able to play and score a point. "

Masataka Morizono, who formed a pair with Ito, said, "I was impatient, but Ito was calm and helped. When I entered defense once even in a tournament match, I became a protective table tennis player. I want to always be ready to attack. "

Harimoto "Unique atmosphere" Nagasaki

Tomokazu Harimoto, who broke through his first match in the mixed doubles table tennis championship, said, "The stage of the All Japan Championship has a unique atmosphere, and if I lose, I feel nervous. But it was getting better little by little. "

He said that he will be a pair since last year's All Japan Championship with Miyu Nagasaki, "I will try to fight with each other's doubles experience. I could not win the championship in one step last year, so I can win I would like to work hard together with two people. "

Nagasaki said, "I made a lot of mistakes in the first game. From the second game I was very encouraging because Mr. Harimoto decided what he said. I really want to win." I was