December 26 marked the end of the National Table Tennis Super League, Shandong Luneng team led by veteran Ma Long won the men's team championship, while Shenzhen University team led by Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha won the women's team championship. At the same time, the Japanese Table Tennis T-League is in full swing, and unlike the format of the National Table Tennis Super League, the Japanese tournament lasts longer and is linked to Olympic points, involving multiple round-robin matches. At present, the men's team competition is in full swing, and Okayama Club is facing Kanazawa Port Club.
The Okayama club is a strong club with world champion Hao Shuai and Japan's Takaki Niwa, who is an Olympic silver medallist. In the first set, Okayama Men's Doubles Hao Shuai and Tian Tianxiang led for a while, but finally lost 1:2 to Kanazawa Port Men's Doubles players Cheng Jingqi and Liao Zhenting. Then, Yoshiyama represented Team Okayama against Kenta Matsudaira of the Kanazawa Port team. At the beginning of the game, Yoshiyama won two games in a row with 8 games, but the veteran Kenta Matsudaira did not show weakness and won two games in a row with 10 games, making the two sides a 2:2 draw.
In the deciding game, Yoshiyama Keiichi sealed the victory with 11:8, and narrowly defeated Kenta Matsudaira with a total score of 3:2, pulling one back for Okayama FC. Immediately afterwards, Okayama's foreign player Hao Shuai appeared, he is a World Cup winner and holds the title of world champion. Hao Shuai against Cheng Jingqi. In the first game, Cheng Jingqi won the first game 11:9. Subsequently, the veteran Hao Shuai pulled back a game at 11:10, but in the next game, Hao Shuai made many mistakes, especially in the key points, Cheng Jingqi won two games in a row with 7, and finally defeated the world champion Hao Shuai 3:1.
Subsequently, Okayama's Takaki Niwa appeared, who has withdrawn from international competition and only played in the Japanese T-League. Takaki Niwa's style of play is very Buddhist, but his fundamentals are solid and his strength is strong. In the first game, Takaki Niwa won one game with 11:4, and then was defeated by Yutai Tanaka: 9 wins two games in a row. Then, Niwa Takaki won two games in a row with 8 games, and narrowly defeated his opponent Yutai Tanaka with a total score of 3:2.
Immediately afterwards, Niwa Takaki played against Tanaka Yutai again, and under the Japanese league system, the deciding set was a one-game winner, Niwa Takaki seized the opportunity to seal the victory with 11:6 and successfully defeated Tanaka Yutai. Takaki Niwa won two consecutive victories and led Okayama FC to a narrow 3-2 aggregate victory over Kanazawa Port FC. Such an achievement is by no means an easy feat, and Takaki Niwa has contributed a lot.