On April 10, in the women's singles final of the Japan Table Tennis Asian Games Trials, world champion Miyu Hirano swept Miyu Kihara 4-0 to qualify for the Asian Games women's singles competition. She will compete in the Asian Games women's singles competition with Hina Hayata.
This time, the Japan Table Tennis Asian Games singles qualifier is divided into two parts. The first part is the Round of 32, where the winner of the Round of 32 qualifies for one singles seat. Hayata won the women's singles title in the Round of 32, taking the lead in qualifying for a women's singles competition.
The second part is the Asian Games trials, which can also be said to be the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals are divided into two groups. The first place in the two groups competes for the final title. The winner qualified for another women's singles seat. Hirano qualified for the women's singles through the quarterfinals.
The Japanese Table Tennis Asian Games Trials will be held from April 9 to 10. The eight women's table tennis players are: Miyu Kihara, Mimachi Ito, Fannaoka Hashimoto and Miyu Kato in Group A, and Hitomi Sato, Yoshinori Ishikawa, Miyu Hirano, and Yurika Minamiami in Group B. Among them, Minami Bo Yurika is Nagasaki Miyu who retired from the round.
Two rounds of matches were played on April 9. Group A Of Group A Kitahara Miyu 4-2 Hashimoto Sail Noka, Ito Mimachi 4-0 Kato Miyu, Kihara Miyu 4-3 Kato Miyu, Ito Mimachi 4-0 Hashimoto Sail Noka.
B-Kakuto Hitomi Sato 4-2 Ishikawa Yoshiaki, Hirano Miu 4-1 Minaminami Rika, Sato Hitomi 4-3 Minaminami Rika, Hirano Miu 4-0 Ishikawa Yoshinori.
Ito, Miyo Kihara, Miyu Hirano and Hitomi Sato all won two straight. Ishikawa suffered two consecutive defeats and was unable to qualify for singles in advance. The older Ishikawa Yoshinori is a bit overwhelmed and is no longer a rival to the younger players. In fact, her grouping is good.
By April 10, a big upset had exploded. Miyu Kihara of Group A defeated Mimako Ito 4-2. When everyone was still talking about Ito Mimachi as a young general, she was defeated by miyu Kihara, who was only 17 years old and younger. In the first set, the two played hard, and Miyu Kihara won 12:10. Later, Ito showed a high level, winning two consecutive sets 11:8, 11:7, and the big score was 2-1. Kihara Miyu's newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and fought hard to win three consecutive sets in 11:6, 11:5, 11:7, and won 4-2 to Mimako Ito. Ito's magic is no longer magical, not only can not win the national table tennis players, but also lost to other association members, including Japanese table tennis teammates. It always felt like Ito had lost his fighting spirit.
After losing to Miyu Kihara, Ito lost the qualification to play in the Asian Games singles competition. Another match in Group A, Hashimoto Noka 4-0 Miyu Kato. Miyu Kihara, who won three consecutive victories, advanced to the final.
Group B's Miyu Hirano defeated Hitomi Sato 4-2 and Yoshinori Ishikawa 4-1 Minami Hiroshi. Miyu Hirano won three consecutive victories to compete in the final with Miyu Kihara and compete for a place in the Asian Games women's singles qualification.
Unexpectedly, Miyu Kihara, who performed strongly in the first three games, failed to stop Miyu Hirano and failed to create a miracle. Miyu Hirano swept Miyu Kihara 4-0.
Hirano Miyu, who has not won the championship for a long time, faced the killer of the little master sister and fought hard for the championship to win a women's singles seat at the Asian Games. In the last game, Hirano Miyu played proactively. In the first round, Miyu Kihara resisted slightly, and was quickly hit by Miyu Hirano. Miyu Hirano won the first set 11:6.
In the second set, Miyu Kihara played at a high level. First it was 5:5, and then it was tightly scored. However, Hirano still won another set 11:8. In the third set, the two played hard to solve, and Miyu Hirano narrowly won 11:9.
The big score achieved a 3-0 lead, and Hirano Miyu had a big psychological advantage. Miyu Kihara had no idea of resisting either. Miyu Hirano easily won the fourth set 11-1. It is estimated that Hirano Miyu also does not want to shave the bald head of Miyo Kihara.
In the end, Hirano Miyu defeated Miyu Kihara 4-0 to win the women's singles championship and qualified for the Asian Games women's singles competition.
Speaking of which, some people may not know much about it. As a former World Cup women's singles champion, Hirano Miyu won the singles championship again after two years and four months (28 months). The last time Hirano won the women's singles title was in December 2019.