Hina Hayata (23, Nippon Life Insurance Co., Ltd.), who is expected to be on the women’s singles team at this summer’s Paris Olympics, won in straight sets and is on track to win consecutive tournaments.
She came up from an unseeded position and overwhelmed 19-year-old Natsuse Akae (Denso), who had defeated Miu Hirano in the quarterfinals, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4.
The final will be held in the afternoon of the same day.
Hayata won a silver medal at the women’s singles at the World Championships last fall. She has been leading the way in the nearly two-year race to qualify for the Paris Olympics, and she is already guaranteed a spot on her first Olympic singles team.
At the last tournament, she achieved triple crowns in women’s doubles and mixed doubles. She was one win away from her third singles championship in her second year in a row.
◆Road to the Paris Olympics Up to 3 people can participate. Japan will qualify for team participation (3 spots, including 2 singles spots) in the top 8 of the world championship team tournament (Busan) in February. The domestic singles representative selection race ended with this All Japan Championship. The top two players will be “singles and team tournament candidate candidates,” and the remaining one “team tournament representative candidate” will be able to play doubles with the two selected singles players, making him a player who can be expected to perform well in team tournaments. All Japan championships are set at 120 points for the winner, 100 points for the runner-up, 80 points for the top 4, 50 points for the top 8, 20 points for the top 16 (lost in the 6th round), and 10 points for the top 32 (lost in the 5th round). There is.