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Hayata Hina, born in 2000, is the third high-level post-00 player in Japanese women's table tennis after Miyuki Ping Ye and Ito Meicheng. She defeated Olympic champion Liu and others in the Portuguese Challenge a month ago, and defeated Zheng Yijing and others in Taiwan Province Province of China to reach the top in the Oman Challenge a few days ago, with unlimited development potential.
Pitchford, 25, is a big threat to European table tennis in recent years. Last year, he pulled grand slam player Malone out of the Bulgarian championship. In addition, he won many players from China, and he was a foreign opponent that Liu highlighted when he was the president of the Table Tennis Association.
Hayata Hina naturally became a strong contender for the Qatari women's singles title, because she won two consecutive championships in Portugal and Oman. However, in the final round of the qualifying stage, Hayata Hina was defeated by South Korean player Liu Enchong 4-3-the two sides played fiercely, and four of the seven games were decided by two points. As a result, the more famous Hayata Hina did not resist.
Before that, although Hayata Hina lost the singles list of the Japanese World Table Tennis Championships, many people speculated that she might be made up by the island's coaching staff. But now that she is not even qualified in Qatar, the hope of changing the list is naturally even more slim.
The situation in Pitchford is not accidental. First of all, this guy's game status has been erratic. He can win a Grand Slam in the world and lose to a second-and third-rate player next, so this loss is quite in line with his usual style.
Besides, Pitchford's opponent in Qatar was none other than Croatian player Puccar who defeated two world table tennis champions in three days. Puccar defeated Chuan Zhiyuan of China Taiwan Province in the Oman Challenge, and eliminated Wang of China national team in this Qatar Open. He's in great shape, and it's not wrong for Pitchford to lose to him 3-4.
Competitive sports is like this-players with close strength will win and lose each other, and two people with different strength may win with weak strength and lose with strong strength. It is precisely because there are so many uncertain possibilities that people are full of expectations for the result, which is also one of its most attractive features.
A hundred flowers blossom in the garden in spring.