Table Tennis Women's World Cup Mima Ito wins straight and 3rd place November 10 22:24

At the women's World Cup, an international table tennis tournament held in China, the bronze medal match was held, and Mima Ito, who has been appointed as the representative of the Tokyo Olympics, beat the German player straight.

The women's World Cup, an international table tennis tournament that resumed for the first time in eight months due to the effects of the new coronavirus, was held in China from the 8th.



This tournament has high points earned in the world ranking related to the seed competition for the Tokyo Olympics next year, and 21 people including top athletes from each continent participated.



Ito, who is second in the world ranking, lost to a Chinese player in the semi-final held on the 10th and went to the third place playoff, and played against Germany's In Han in 25th place in the world.



In the first game, Ito is a place where it is difficult to return near the body or in the corner of the table tennis table to an opponent with a play style called "Cutman" who hits under the ball and thoroughly picks up the opponent's ball. He accumulated points with an accurate shot to hit the ball and took it by a big difference of 11 to 2.



After the second game, Ito, who was overwhelmed by his strong smash, did not drop a single game and won the straight with a game count of 4-0 to finish in 3rd place.



After this, Ito will be competing in China and will participate in the final, which will be held from 19th of this month, in which only the top players in the world ranking will compete.

Ito "I was finally able to fight like myself"

Mima Ito recalled the bronze medal match, which won straight, saying, "There were some matches that I couldn't play in my own way, but I finally fought in my own way. In the end, I enjoyed the match."



Also, regarding the semi-final, which was defeated by Sun Yingsha, the third-largest player in the world at the same age of 20, "Sun Yingsha played a little differently than I expected, and the response to the first game was delayed. I think it would have been different if I had taken the first game. However, by playing against my grandson, I realized what I was good at and what was bad. I have about a week to prepare for the final, so practice well. I want to fix it. "