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on the evening of september 12th, beijing time, the top showdown between japan and south korea broke out in the wtt macau table tennis championships. japanese olympic champion mima ito took the stage and competed with the famous korean chinese player zhu qianxi in the women's singles competition. as a result, the former was defeated 0-3 and was swept. zhu qianxi won a big victory and got the seventh ticket to advance to the quarterfinals. in the next round, she will challenge the chinese table tennis olympic champion sun yingsha. please see below for detailed battle situation.

game highlights

mima ito is a well-known female table tennis player. she is the mixed doubles champion and the women's singles bronze medalist at the 2021 tokyo olympics. she was once the number one opponent of the chinese national table tennis team. however, her performance has been mediocre in recent years, and she was not even selected for the paris olympics. however, her strength is still at the top level of foreign associations. she won the women's singles championship at the wtt bangkok star tournament in july, which is beyond the reach of ordinary opponents.

zhu qianxi is a former chinese table tennis player who later became a naturalized korean. she once became the highest-ranked player in the team in the world, but due to policy restrictions on naturalized players, she has been unable to participate in world competitions. however, she actually has a very strong impact and has defeated famous players many times. she lost to ito mima 2-3 in her previous match and the gap was not big. it may not be impossible for her to achieve "revenge" this time.

competition process

after the start of the game, ito mima scored a point by serving a long ball, and then served again to attack and catch the opponent off guard, but she failed to receive zhu qianxi's serve well. the two scored 2 points each and then started a battle of speed and rotation. zhu qianxi took the advantage through continuous and stable output of loop balls. ito mima could not withstand it and lost the first game 7-11.

in the second game, ito mima used her backhand raw rubber quick attack to threaten zhu qianxi with a very high hit rate, forcing her to change her strategy and break through from her forehand position, but the effect was not good. ito mima quickly widened the gap, but in the second half she became conservative and made many mistakes. her 9-5 lead was chased down to 10-10, and then she lost 2 points in a row, losing again 10-12 and was forced into a desperate situation.

in the third game, ito mima was still in mediocre form. she fell behind 2-5 soon after the start and called a timeout to communicate with her mother, ito minori, who served as her off-court coach. after returning to the court, ito mima still couldn't find many ways to win, and eventually lost the entire game 7-11, thus stopping in the top 16 of the women's singles.

ito mima's performance in this competition was surprising, especially in the second game when she failed to seize the opportunity when she had a big advantage and lost miserably. zhu qianxi's performance was very stable. she showed her technical expertise and her condition is getting better and better. i hope sun yingsha can be well prepared to meet the attack of this strong opponent in the next round.