2023-11-04 12:06:14
Hina Hayata PHOTO：World Table Tennis
[Flash results/tournament table]WTT Champions Frankfurt |
With two days left in the overseas table tennis tour “WTT Champions Frankfurt”
The only Japanese player left in the top four is Japanese ace Hayata Hina (Nippon Life Insurance Company/World Ranking 4th).
In the first round, she won a full game against local German pen holder Shan Xiaona (world ranking 32nd), and in the second round she won a match against her compatriot Miwa Harimoto (Kinoshita Academy/world ranking 14th) with a game count of 3-1. did.
In the quarterfinals on the 3rd, in the second round, she defeated Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Chen Meng (China), who was ranked 2nd in the world, and was cornered by Ceci (Romania, 12th world ranking), who was riding a wave, but overcame the disadvantageous situation. He showed the strength to win a full game.
Hayata will face China’s No. 3 player Wang Manyu in the semifinals. If Hayata defeats her, who is currently ranked No. 3 in the world, she will earn 15 bonus points for qualifying for the Paris Olympics.
By the way, since the matches that have been played as 5-game matches so far will be 7-game matches from the semi-finals, the selection points will increase from 10 points to 15 points.
Surprisingly, this is the first time that Hayata (23 years old) and Wang Manyu (24 years old), who are the same age, will compete in singles.
The two have competed many times in mixed doubles and women’s doubles, but who will win in singles?
Immediately after the quarterfinals, Hayata said, “This time, I came with the minimum goal of getting to the top four.No matter which player comes up, I want to go into the match with a strong sense of what I need to stick to.”
Looking at Wang Manyu’s progress in this tournament, he won in straight sets against Samara (Romania/World Ranking 26th) in the first round, and won against Yuen Jianan (France/World Ranking 31st) in the second round with a game count of 3-1. .
However, in the quarterfinals, she had a rough time with Choo Chung Hee (South Korea/World Ranking 20th). However, after a full game of fierce competition, she narrowly won.
Hayata and Oh are both tall and have power drives with both hands as their weapons. It looks like the exciting rally competition will put the male competitors to shame.
The match starts at 22:00 Japan time (14:00 local time). This weekend’s venue, the Swan Energy Arena, is filled with discerning table tennis fans from Germany and other European countries.
(Text by Mina Takagi)
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