Yukihiro Iwabuchi, a class player with disabilities in the Tokyo Paralympics, table tennis men's singles, and arms and legs, played against a player from the Russian Paralympic Committee in the final round of the qualifying league and lost with a game count of 2 to 3.

Iwabuchi was eliminated in the qualifying league with a record of 1 win and 2 losses.

The Tokyo Paralympic table tennis and men's and women's singles qualifying leagues were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.



Iwabuchi, who participates in a class with disabilities in the arms and legs of men's singles, played against Yuri Nozdornov of the Russian Paralympic Committee in the final and third games of the qualifying league.



Iwabuchi suffered from the opponent's strong backhand and dropped the first two games.



Iwabuchi, who had run out of time, scored points in the third game, the attack from the backhand serve that he had been working on for this tournament, and took this game 11 to 9.



In the following 4th game, the competition was controlled by 12 to 10 and caught up with the game count of 2 to 2.



In the final fifth game, Iwabuchi allowed a series of goals and scored a match point of 4:10.



I took 4 points in a row from here and narrowed down to 2 points, but in the end I succumbed to the opponent's powerful shot and dropped this game 8 to 11.



Iwabuchi lost in the qualifying league with a game count of 2 to 3 and 1 win and 2 losses.

Iwabuchi, who was decided to lose the qualifying league, said, "I wanted to play for a little longer and have more people see it, but I'm very sorry that I couldn't do that. I told him to squeeze out the words.



And about the final game that he lost at the end of the full game, he said, "I couldn't cope with the opponent's ball at the start and I couldn't do what I wanted. , It has become such a development. "



On top of that, he said with tears, "I really felt that I am here now with the support of many people and that it is not natural to be able to play. I want to thank the people who supported me." ..