Mima Ito, Hina Hayata come up short in final at world championships
FP-JIJI Mima Ito and Hina Hayata finished as runners-up at the table tennis world championships on Sunday, losing the women's doubles final against China's Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha 4-2. Ito and Hayata, bronze medalists at the last world championships in 2017, were attempting to become ...
Hina Hayata, Mima Ito prevail in all-Japan semifinal at worlds
Hina Hayata and Mima Ito became the first Japanese women's doubles pair in 48 years to reach the table tennis world championship finals with a victory over compatriots Honoka Hashimoto and Hitomi Sato on Saturday. Hayata and Ito, who claimed bronze at the last worlds ...
Mima Ito completes second triple crown at national championships
Mima Ito became the first table tennis player to win three titles for two consecutive years at Japan's national championships after beating Miyu Kihara 4-1 in Sunday's women's singles final at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka. Ito posted a 13-11, 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5 win over ...
Mima Ito, Hina Hayata advance to women's doubles final at ITT World Tour Grand Finals
Mima Ito and Hina Hayata booked their ticket to the women's doubles final at the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals with victory over South Korean duo Jeon Ji-hee and Yang Hae-un on Friday. The Japanese pair secured their second straight appearance in the final by ...
Mima Ito, Tomokazu Harimoto claim singles titles at Japan Open
Teenagers Mima Ito and Tomokazu Harimoto made the last day of the Japan Open a memorable one for home fans as they claimed both singles crowns for the host nation on Sunday. In the women's singles final, 17-year-old Ito beat two-time world junior champ Wang ...
Japan falls to China in World Team Table Tennis Championships women's final
The Japanese team of Mima Ito, Miu Hirano and Kasumi Ishikawa on Saturday was defeated 3-1 by defending champion China, which claimed its fourth consecutive women's title at the World Team Table Tennis Championships. Teenager Ito provided drama in the opening contest at Halmstad Arena ...
Japanese women advance to semifinals at World Team Table Tennis Championships
Japan's women advanced to the semifinals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Thursday with a 3-0 victory over Ukraine. After wins by Mima Ito, Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano in the quarterfinals, Japan booked a meeting with the united Korean team in ...
Kasumi Ishikawa leads big day for Japanese women at German Open
Kasumi Ishikawa beat South Korea's Seo Hyo-won 4-1 to win the German Open women's singles title on Sunday, while compatriots Mima Ito and Hina Hayata won the women's doubles final. Ishikawa, Japan's top-ranked player and the world No. 3, beat the 14th-seeded Seo 11-9, 10-12, ...
14-year-old Tomokazu Harimoto becomes youngest national table tennis singles champion
Fourteen-year-old Tomokazu Harimoto became Japan's youngest national table tennis singles champion on Sunday, beating Rio de Janeiro bronze medalist Jun Mizutani 4-2 in the men's final. Harimoto fought aggressively throughout his 11-9, 11-5, 8-11, 11-2, 6-11, 11-5 victory and snapped Mizutani's hopes of winning his ...
Tomokazu Harimoto ousted in quarterfinals at ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Tomokazu Harimoto crashed out in the men's singles quarterfinals on Saturday at the season-ending ITTF World Tour Grand Finals. Ranked 17th in the world, the 14-year-old Harimoto put up a fight before falling to Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov, the 29-year-old London Olympic bronze medalist and current ...
Miu Hirano loses in first round at season-ending ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Miu Hirano, a bronze medal winner at this year's World Table Tennis Championships, made a first-round exit in the women's singles at the season-ending ITTF World Tour Grand Finals on Thursday. Hirano, whose bronze was Japan's first medal in 48 years in the women's singles ...
China taking notice of Japan's rising talents
Although the Japan Open showcased Chinese table tennis supremacy rather than Japan's rise, China's stars have a wary eye on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic hosts — if their words are taken at face value. Kasumi Ishikawa, Mima Ito and Asian champ Miu Hirano all crashed ...
