Kanagawa defended their title again in the table tennis T-League on January 8 with a perfect outright victory, keeping four consecutive clean sheets against Kyoto FC's opponents. In this game, 15-year-old Zhang Benmeihe became the team's number one hero. She partnered Ho Zhuojia in the doubles match, winning 2-0 and beating her opponent 3-0 in the singles.
Meanwhile, World Champion Miu Hirano and World Runner-up Miyu Kihara have also won two straight bouts. It is worth mentioning that He Zhuojia was once known as "Ito Misei nemesis" and "Anti-Japanese Wonder Soldier", and this cooperation with Zhang Benmei defeated the opponent, which made the fans' eyes shine. Due to the abundance of table tennis talent in China, commercial leagues usually do not require athletes to change their nationality, so many athletes choose to develop abroad.
Last year, many active national team athletes participated in the Japanese T-League, including He Zhuojia, Chen Yi, Sun Mingyang, Zhang Rui, Fan Siqi and other masters. He Zhuojia has won five consecutive victories over Misei Ito and remains undefeated, and has also defeated major players such as Miu Hirano and Kasumi Ishikawa, and her offensive style of play is indeed very powerful. In this T-League, He Zhuojia teamed up with Miwa Zhang to face the Kyoto team's Ai Ehiro Kudo Yume and won easily.
Subsequently, Miwa Zhang played again and faced off against Miku Izumo and easily kept a clean sheet against his opponent. Subsequently, World Champion Miu Hirano continued her victory with a -7 clean sheet against Rina Makino. In the end, Miyu Kihara defeated Ai Eda with -1, and the momentum was like a rainbow. Although the Kanagawa club has won the match, according to the rules, the game must continue.
The WTT Doha Stars Tournament is about to begin, and players such as Zhang Benmei will participate in the competition, and they will compete fiercely with the Chinese table tennis team for the championship. Let's look forward to this fierce showdown!