The Japan Table Tennis T-League is in full swing, and on 5 January Beijing time, the focus of the duel broke out again. Hayata Hina, representing Japan Life Club, met Japan Paint’s chipper Hashimoto Hanaoka, and the result was that both sides fought hard for 3 games and then Hayata Hina lost 3 times in a row, 10-11 (a special system), and was shut down, and she lost again, following the previous day’s two defeats, and she has not yet come out of the shadow of injury.
As for Hayata Hina’s teammate, Chinese Taipei star Zheng Yijing, she narrowly beat Japanese hopeful Sazuki Oto 3-2 however it was an empty point as Nippon Life Club ended up 1-3 on aggregate against Nippon Paint, see below for more details on the match.
Nippon Life is the T-League’s top giants, winning five women’s team titles in the previous six editions of the tournament, a proud record, but this year’s attempt to defend the title is very difficult, mainly due to the number one star Hayata Hina in Paris Olympics after the injury has been in poor condition, after a few months’ rest to return to the field of play and continue to lose, on January 4, lost consecutively to the club’s Kanagawa, Chu Chin-hei (South Korea) and Hirano Miyu.
In the match on 5 January, Nippon Life met the fast-rising Japan Paint team, which has two major chippers, Hashimoto Fanuka and Sato Hitomi, plus world No. 7 Oto Sazuki, and is strong enough to win the title, Hayata Hina and others will face a test.
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In the first set of doubles, Nippon Life sent Sasao Akira / Tian Zhixi (Korea) to face the opposite ‘double chipping’ combination of Hashimoto Fanaika / Sato Hitomi, the latter two not long ago in the WTT Fukuoka Finals won the title in a row Sun Yingsha / Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong / Qian Tianyi, Odo Sazuki / Yokai Sakizakura, this time the same play hero, won 11-3, 11-0 sweep of the opponent, and then won 11-3, 11-0 sweep of the opponents. 3, 11-0, thus taking the first point for her team.
Hayata Hina (ranked 5th in the world) took the court in the second set against Hashimoto Fanuka, and as mentioned before, both teams played 3 consecutive games to 10-all, with Hashimoto Fanuka winning all of them 11-10, and thus the JLF team was pushed to the brink of extinction.
The third set was the highlight of the match, as Nippon Life sent World No. 8 Chinese Taipei World No. 2 Zheng Yijing to face World No. 7 Japanese rising star Satsuki Oto. Zheng came back from 0-1 and 1-2 down to win the deciding set 3-2, and then won the deciding set by 2 points (8-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7) to get back a point for her team.
However, Natsumi Akae was unable to withstand the pressure in the fourth set and was taken down 3-1 by Sakura Yokoi (11-10, 11-7, 7-11, 11-3), thus ending the match 3-1 for the Japanese paint team.
