On September 29, Beijing time, less than 24 hours later, the 2022 ITTF Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships will officially start. At the group draw ceremony held yesterday, the Chinese table tennis team, as the host, were all divided into Group A, and the opponents in the sa

Beijing time on September 29, Beijing time, in less than 24 hours, the 2022 ITTF Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships will officially start. At the group draw ceremony held yesterday, the Chinese table tennis team, as the host, the men and women teams were all divided into Group A. The opponents in the same group include the United States, Puerto Rico and other teams. For the national table tennis team, the group schedule is relatively easy, and the players mainly focus on finding their state and adapting to the venue.

As the main competitor of the national table tennis women's team, the Japanese women's table tennis team should be the only team that poses a threat to the national table tennis women's team. The Japanese women's table tennis team ranks in Group B in the group stage, and the opponents in the same group are Hungarian , Polish , Slovakia and Uzbekistan, which should be a good signing for them. It is worth mentioning that at yesterday's draw ceremony, the person who represented the Japanese team was not the Tokyo Olympic mixed doubles gold medal winner Ito Mima , but replaced it with the recently hot Hayata Hina . If we look at the world rankings, Hayata Hina surpassed Ito Mima in the latest women's singles rankings, and it was understandable that she represented the Japanese table tennis team to attend the draw ceremony. However, in the news interview session after the ceremony, Hayata's words caused an uproar among netizens.

Shina Hayata faced the reporter's camera and said confidently: "As the captain of the team, I will try my best to lead the team and win the final medal." As soon as this statement was made, it proved that Shina Hayata has replaced Ishikawa Kasumi and became the new captain of the Japanese women's table tennis team. However, it is said that Mima Ito's personal performance is better, and its status in the team is also higher, but the Japanese women's table tennis team gave up Mima Ito and directly chose Shina Hayata as the captain, which also proves from the side that Mima Ito fell out of favor in the team.

In fact, since the end of last year's Tokyo Olympics, Ito Mima's personal condition has been poor. Not only have it lost to Chinese players in international competitions many times, but also lost many times in the civil war with Hina Hayata. With Mima Ito abandoned, Chinese women's table tennis should also adjust the game strategy of in this World Table Tennis Championships, and focus should be on Hina Hayata to avoid the possibility of an upset opponents. Fortunately, this time, the Chinese women's table tennis gathered the top four players in the world, and with the good-in-forming Chen Xingtong , it is probably not that easy for other teams to get a bargain with the Chinese women's table tennis team.