The table tennis WTT Bangkok Star Tournament is about to kick off, and a new dynamic of Japanese player Hina Hayada has attracted the attention of fans, that is, she announced her withdrawal from singles before the start of the game and specialized in mixed doubles, so she missed the opportunity to play against Chen Xingtong, the main force of national table tennis.
Although the reason was not disclosed, it is conceivable that Hina Hayada is preparing for the Paris Olympics, as she has already secured the position of the third seed in the Olympic Women's Singles, but the mixed doubles and Tomokazu Zhang are still ranked third in the world, and must focus on squeezing out Lim Jong-hoon/Shin Yu-bin to become the second seed to avoid a premature encounter with Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, so this time can be regarded as a strategic retreat.
Hina Hayada is currently the highest-ranked female table tennis athlete in the Foreign Association, and has reached the fifth position, second only to the four main forces of national table tennis, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, and Chen Meng, and her strength is very strong.
Since Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi did not participate in the Olympic singles, and Chen Xingtong and Zhang Benmeihe, who were ranked more closely, were not selected, and the points gap between Shen Yubin and Hina Hayada was relatively large, so Hina Hayada is currently firmly in the position of the third seed in the Olympic women's singles, but there is no hope of surpassing Chen Meng to rank second, so it is meaningless to participate in more competitions.
As early as June 19, when the WTT Lagos regular season, Hina Hayada gave up participating, but the entire Japanese team was resting at that time, so this time it was not considered her personal behavior. However, then in the WTT Tunisia regular season on June 25, the Japanese players officially returned, and Hina Hayada originally qualified for singles but voluntarily gave up and only signed up for one event in mixed doubles.
Now that the higher-level WTT Bangkok Stars Tournament is about to start, Hina Hayada once again made the same choice as before, which is to quit singles and only play in mixed doubles, so naturally she will not have the opportunity to play with Chen Xing, who only signed up for singles and did not participate in doubles.
Tomokazu Haramoto/Hina Hayada are under a lot of pressure in the mixed doubles event, as a result of their upset losses last year, which led to their recent triple international title and one runner-up, they have not been able to catch up with Lim Jong Hoon/Shin Yu Bin, who are still ranked third in the world, and the next two pairs will face the final battle for the second Olympic seed at the WTT Bangkok Stars.
In terms of points, as long as Lim Jong-hoon/Shin Yu-bin can reach the mixed doubles final in Bangkok, then Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayada will not be able to overtake the world ranking even if they win the championship, so what will be the final result of this match? Let's wait and see what happens!