On September 29th, the third round of the women’s singles was held, and Miu Hirano lost with a game count of 2-4.
Miu Hirano (23 = Kinoshita group / 16th place) will have a match once morest PYON Songgyong (22 = North Korea / no world ranking). In the first game, they expanded their lead in the middle and took the lead 7-11. However, they broke away in the first half and took the lead 11-7.
In the third game, Hirano caught up to 10-10, but was taken back at 10-12. In the fourth game, they quickly caught up at 11-4, but the next game was taken at 5-11.
They might not stop their opponent’s momentum in the 6th game and lost 8-11, failing to advance to the quarterfinals and disappearing in the last 16.
Miu Hirano 2-4 PYON Songgyong (North Korea) 7-11/11-7/10-12/11-4/5-11/8-11
[Tournament name]19th Asian Games [Table tennis competition period]September 22, 2023 (Friday) to October 2, 2023 (Monday) 【Venue】Hangzhou, China [Participating events] ■Men’s group (5 people) Tomokazu Harimoto, Masaharu Yoshimura, Shunsuke Togami, Mizuki Oikawa, Daisei Matsushita
■Women’s group (5 people) Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, Miyu Kihara, Miyu Nagasaki, Miwa Harimoto
