The Japan Table Tennis Association will play a match in which representative players such as Mima Ito and Tomokazu Harimoto will participate in July before the Tokyo Olympics because the international tournament has been postponed due to the influence of the new coronavirus. became.
As for table tennis, there are no international tournaments until the Olympics, such as the postponement of the tournament scheduled in China this month, and there are concerns about the lack of actual competition by Japanese players.
Under these circumstances, the Japan Table Tennis Association will play a match in July in response to requests from athletes who have been unofficially decided to participate in the Olympic Games.
Since the event to be held was also decided according to the player's request, mixed doubles in which Ito and Jun Mizutani form a pair on July 2, men's singles in which Harimoto and Koki Niwa will participate, 3 of the next day On the day of the event, a women's group match will be held in which Ito, Kasumi Ishikawa, and Miu Hirano will participate.
It means that the opponents are adjusted by domestic players.