Hina Hayata fights well but loses in straight sets Japan concedes to China 2-4[Table Tennis Mixed Team World Cup]| TV Tokyo Table Tennis News: TV Tokyo

Hina Hayata PHOTO: ITTF

World Cup 2nd Stage 5th Match Japan 2-4 China @Chengdu, China December 4-10>

On the 9th, Japan, who suffered their first loss in yesterday’s game against South Korea and is currently in 3rd place (world team ranking 3rd), will face China, which is also in 1st place.

The table tennis empire of China, which is also the host country of this tournament, has the top three players in the world rankings for men and women, and they have the best members to be the world’s strongest and to become the first mixed team champion.

The first mixed doubles match was played by Shunsuke Togami (Meiji University / 24th place in the world) and Miwa Harimoto (Kinoshita Academy / 14th place in the world), who are ranked 1st in the world in mixed doubles, and the world’s strongest pair, Wang Chuqin (2nd place). / Defeated against Sun Yingsha (same 1st place) 2-1. Japan won the first game completely away.

The second women’s singles match will be a match between Japanese women’s ace Hina Hayata (Nippon Life Insurance Company/5th place) and World Table Tennis 2021 Queen Wang Manyu (2nd place).

In the first game, Hayata suffered from the opponent’s curling serve and dropped the match, but in the second game, he responded well to the serve and the match was even. He used his unique foredrive as a weapon to gain an advantage in rallies, but he was unable to get one more shot in the final stages, and the second game was also taken with nine shots.

In the third game, they were unable to stop the king’s momentum and lost in a straight game with a game count of 0-3. Japan was defeated by China 2-4 and allowed a comeback.

World Cup 2nd Stage>
Japan 2-4 China
(Relay format with first to eight games)

<1st match>
Shunsuke Togami/Miwa Harimoto 2-1 Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha
5-11/13-11/11-9

<2nd match>
Hayata Hina 0-3 Wang Manyuan
6-11/9-11/5-11

<3rd match>
Tomokazu Harimoto – Zhendong Fan

<4th match>

Ranking Country Record (win points)
1st place South Korea 6 wins, 0 losses (12)
2nd China 5 wins and 0 losses (10)
3rd place Japan 4 wins 1 loss (9)
4th place Germany 1 win, 5 losses (8)
5th place France 3 wins, 2 losses (7)
6th Taiwan, 1 win, 5 losses (7)
7th place Sweden 3 wins, 2 losses (7)
8th place Slovakia 0 wins, 6 losses (6)

1.mixed doubles
2. Women’s singles (players who did not play in mixed doubles)
3. Men’s singles (players who did not play in mixed doubles)
Four.Women’s doubles or men’s doubles
Five.Men’s doubles or women’s doubles
4. The order of number 5 will be decided before the match. Each match must consist of 3 games (3-0 or 2-1), and the match ends when 8 games have been won, and the team that wins 8 games first wins.