Data map: Ishikawa Jiachun in the game. Photo by Yu Ruidong of China News Agency
China News Agency client March 9th. The Qatar Table Tennis Open just ended, and Jiachun Ishikawa returned to Japan. Facing the reporter, she expressed her gratitude to the Chinese fans who presented themselves with masks, saying that she would "protect well".
The beginning of the story goes back to 1st local time. The Japanese table tennis team participating in the Qatar Open debuted at the airport. Most of the team wore masks, but Ishikawa Jiachun did not.
According to Japanese media reports, this is because Ishikawa Jiachun gave up her mask to her Hong Kong teammates in the T-League. Although Japanese masks are also in short supply, she thinks it is more difficult for Hong Kong teammates to get masks.
The Chinese fans who were informed of the news, praised Ishikawa's behavior unanimously, and thought that she was good-hearted, and some people sent 100 masks to Ishikawa's agency to relieve her shortage of masks. On returning home, Ishikawa finally masked "Appendage", and in the interview thanked the Chinese fans for their generosity and said that he would take good care of him.
Data map: Japan team won the bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics table tennis women's team competition. Kagawa Ishikawa (middle) is on the podium. Photo by reporter Sheng Jiapeng
In the just-opened Qatar Open, Ishikawa Jiachun faced a "four-round kill" with Chinese player Wang Yidi 2: 4 in the second round of the women's singles, and lost to the Chinese combination Wang Manyu / Zhu Yuling in the semifinals of the women's doubles. Regarding the game, Ishikawa Jiachun said: "I think I have tried my best, but still failed to win, hoping to save the victory to the next time."
The arena is inevitably cruel, but the transfer of love between Ishikawa Jiachun and Chinese fans has added a lot of temperature to the current fight against the epidemic. (Finish)