“Ishikawa Kasumi: The Retiring Japanese Table Tennis Star and Her Legacy in the Sport”

2023-05-01 15:26:39

Ishikawa is currently ranked 11th in the world and 3rd in the Japanese team. He said that he had seriously considered retiring earlier this year, but he has not made his intention public because he has been preparing for the competition at the same time. He will hold a press conference on the 18th of this month to explain in detail. The left-hander lost to Olympic champion Chen Meng in the last 16 of the WTT Macau Championship last month, and this battle also became his farewell match.

Ishikawa Kasumi also mentioned that he had already learned table tennis at the age of 7, and he was grateful to all the relatives, friends and opponents who supported him in his career. She came to prominence in 2009 by entering the top 8 of the World Championships, and is regarded as the successor of the retired star Ai Fukuhara. The peak of her career was the women’s singles gold medal in the 2014 World Tour Finals, and in 2017, Hoyoshimura Maharu became the mixed doubles world champion. Champion, and also helped the Japanese team win women’s team medals in the past three Olympics. Facing the future, Ishikawa said that he would not forget the life experience he learned from table tennis.

In addition, the final of the WTT Bangkok Star Challenge was staged yesterday. Lin Gaoyuan of the Chinese team narrowly defeated Zhang Yuzhen of South Korea 4:3 in the men’s singles, breaking his four-year international championship drought. The women’s singles also played a duel between China and South Korea. Chen Xingtong defeated the 18-year-old Kim Na-young 4:1 in rounds.

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