Mima Ito PHOTO: World Table Tennis
Singapore Smash (March 7-March 19) On March 13, in the second round of women’s singles, Mima Ito (Starts/world ranking 5th) defeated Qian Tianyi (China/world 22nd) with a game count of 2- Lost by 3.
Like Ito, Qian was born in 2000 and is a Chinese left-handed ace, but Ito’s past record is three wins and one loss. He met a good match.
In the first game, Ito took the first game with a strong blow from the front team and pushed Qian with speed, but in the second game, Qian’s safety and good course selection table tennis might not be broken, and it was taken back at 10-12.
Ito makes more mistakes. In the 3rd game, he crouched down to catch up with a serve, but in the 4th game, he chased without giving up from 1-4, and in the 9-9 scene, he caught two fore smashes and took it.
The fifth and final game was evenly matched and the point difference did not leave.Ito led 10-8 first, but lost 4 consecutive points from here and lost.
Rival Miu Hirano (Kinoshita Group) beat World No. 3 Wang Yidi (China), and Ito lost to China while accumulating 10 Olympic selection points.
Mima Ito 2-3 Yan Tianyi (China)
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