2023-12-15 19:48:31
This season’s final tournament for the women’s table tennis world tour will be held over three days in Nagoya.
This is the first time that the tournament will be held in Japan since the new world tour began a year ago, and 16 players from the top world rankings will be participating in the singles tournament.
In the first round, Hayata, who is ranked 5th in the world and leads the selection points for the Paris Olympics, faced China’s Chen, who won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics and is ranked 3rd in the world.
Hayata lost the first game 5-11, but in the second game he scored points with his strong forehand and landed the winning shot, winning the match 17-15.
After that, they took it one game at a time, and in the fifth and final game, Hayata showed tenacity, but was struggling with Chen’s various shots and lost 7-11, losing the game count 2-3. .
In addition, Miwa Harimoto, a 15-year-old player who is ranked 14th in the world, played against Sun Yingsha, who is ranked number 1 in the world, in the first round, and she was able to compete evenly against a strong opponent and made it to the final game, but in the end she lost her strength and lost the game. I lost the count 2-3.
On the other hand, Mima Ito, who is ranked 10th in the world and 3rd in national team selection points, played against a Puerto Rican player who is ranked 11th in the world and won 3-1 by a game count to advance to the quarterfinals.
Ito will face China’s Chen, who defeated Hayata in the quarterfinals on the 16th.
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