Tokyo Paralympic table tennis women's singles, Yuri Tomono, a class with disabilities in arms and legs, played against Chinese player Huang Wenjuan in the quarterfinals and lost with a game count of 0 to 3, and did not advance to the semifinals.
Tomono "I'm very disappointed that I can't bring out the flavor"
Tomono said, "I think it would have been a good development if I could make a rally of my own taste, but I'm very disappointed that I couldn't do that. I often hit too much and it was a waste. It disappeared and I was a little confused. I was fighting with a strong feeling, but at the end I got impatient and my field of vision narrowed. "
For the team competition that will be held from the 1st of next month with Nozomi Takeuchi, "I've practiced a lot of doubles, so I want to show the results. First of all, I want to have fun and stick with two people to score points. I was talking.
Nozomi Takeuchi loses qualifying
In addition, Nozomi Takeuchi, a class with disabilities in his arms and legs, played against Turkey's Mervejans Demir in the second match of the qualifying league, losing with a game count of 0 to 3 and losing in the second consecutive qualifying league.
Takeuchi had a picture of a man on the bench during the match. The man in the photo is Mr. Kazuyoshi Inoguchi, who Takeuchi calls his "teacher".
Takeuchi met Mr. Inoguchi at the table tennis club in 2013. Mr. Inoguchi, who was the coach of the club, recommended para table tennis, and the two challenged with the goal of participating in the Tokyo Paralympics.
In addition to technical guidance, Mr. Inoguchi talked to various people about what he should do to play an active role in the world and told Mr. Takeuchi. In addition, I ran around to adjust the practice partner and continued to support as a manager.
Mr. Takeuchi won the international tournament held in Slovenia in 2018. According to his wife, Hiroko, he was always looking at the computer to check the results at tournaments where he couldn't accompany him, and was looking forward to seeing Takeuchi playing the Paralympic Games.
However, in July of last year, cancer of the liver, which had been fighting illness for many years, worsened and he died at the age of 66.
In June, Takeuchi first reported to Hiroko when he was appointed as the representative of the Paralympic Games, which was his goal.
Then, I asked Mr. Inoguchi to send me the "best photo" and promised to put it on the bench of the game, saying "I want you to see it nearby."
In the second match of the qualifying league on the 26th, Takeuchi put a picture of Mr. Inoguchi on the bench and said "I'm going" before the match.
Takeuchi, who lost the match and lost in the qualifying league, said, "I was still inexperienced. I wanted to win one win for Mr. Inoguchi. I wanted you to stay. I want to tell you, "I'll do my best from the beginning." "
Takeuchi is scheduled to participate in the team competition from the 1st of next month. I keep moving forward with the thoughts of my late teacher.