Jun Mizutani, who has been appointed as the representative of the Tokyo Olympics for table tennis, participated in the tournament in which the top players in Japan participated, and the content was reasonable for the Olympics, with 5 wins and 1 loss for two days.
Mizutani participated in the representative selection of the Asian Championships held in Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture until the 20th.
This tournament was the last official game for Mizutani before the Olympics, and he won three consecutive games on the 19th and advanced to the quarterfinals on the 20th.
In the quarter-finals, we played against young and most dynamic 19-year-old college student Shunsuke Togami.
Mizutani was pushed by Togami's bold attack in the third game with a game count of 1: 1 and couldn't catch the flow, so he dropped 7-11.
The following 4th game was also robbed and lost with a game count of 1 to 3.
Mizutani will face Rishi Aida, who has lost in the T-League, and Kazuhiro Yoshimura, who has won the international tournament, in the ranking match that follows. I won.
Mizutani had 5 wins and 1 loss for 2 days, which was a decent content for the Olympics.
Mizutani Challenges and aspirations for the Olympics
Jun Mizutani said about the six games from the 19th, "It was a decent result. However, when I was against a strong player, I was very nervous because I thought I could not lose. If I was nervous, I could not play well. I knew that again, so I thought it was important to relax at the Olympics. "
After that, he stated his aspirations for the Olympics, saying, "I want to fight without regrets in the actual performance. I want to do my best to win medals in groups and gold medals in mixed doubles."