At the All Japan Table Tennis Championships, the women's doubles quarterfinals were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on the 27th, the fifth day of the tournament, and the pair of Mima Ito and Hina Hayata, who are aiming for their fifth consecutive victory, advanced to the top four.
In this event, the pair of Ito and Hayata, who are aiming for the first five consecutive victories in the history of the tournament, will face the pair of Mizuki Obata and Yukari Sugasawa. I scored a forehand and took 5 points in a row and took it 11-4.
The second game turned out to be a deuce battle, but they scored with their serves and receptions in the crucial moments to win the game with a score of 12 to 10.
After that, both sides demonstrated their strengths, such as Hayata's powerful forehand and Ito's skillful backhand.
In addition, the pair of cutmen Hitomi Sato and Honoka Hashimoto played against the pair of Miyu Nagasaki and Miyu Kihara, who have won international tournaments.
Sato and Hashimoto tenaciously attacked with their signature style of cutting under the ball and thoroughly picking up the opponent's ball, winning the game with a score of 3 to 1.
In the men's doubles quarterfinals, the pair of Tomokazu Harimoto and Masataka Morizono won 3-0 in straight sets to advance to the semifinals.
The men's and women's doubles semi-finals and finals will be held on the 28th.