On March 29, 2024, the table tennis Incheon Championship continued, and there was a big upset in the women's singles field, Japanese star Misei Ito lost 2-3 to South Korea's Tian Zhixi, leading 2-1 and losing two games in a row was reversed, missing the chance to fight Wang Manyu again, and the world eighth failed to move forward.
Japan's star Ito Micheng is good, ranked 8th in the world, the third place in the best singles in the competition, and the title of the Olympic mixed doubles champion, Ito Micheng's results in this cycle are average, resulting in the defeat of internal competition, and was replaced by the younger Zhang Benmeihe, although he has lost to Sun Yingsha and others many times, but Ito Micheng's overall performance is quite stable, and he rarely loses to opponents other than national table tennis.
Tian Zhixi is a naturalized player, once from the second national table tennis team, and later chose to go out to develop, representing the Korean team, women's doubles partner Shen Yubin is very powerful, once defeated Sun Yingsha / Wang Manyu, won the runner-up of the World Table Tennis Championships, the host's performance was sluggish, the four were out in the first round, and only Tian Zhixi narrowly defeated Yuan Jiananan in women's singles.
Since missing the Olympic qualification, Ito Micheng's mentality has been very relaxed, not as eager to win as in the past, but more enjoyable process, at this stage Ito Micheng has limited threat to the main force of national table tennis, the coaching staff does not attach too much importance to it, and the off-court guidance is her mother's temporary cameo, she almost lost to Australian player Liu Yangzi earlier, and only won 2 points in the deciding game is very thrilling.
After the start of the game, Tian Zhixi played well in the first game, staring at Ito Micheng's backhand, holding on to multiple shots and always striving to take the initiative to change the line, bringing a lot of pressure to the other party, Tian Zhixi 8-4 lead suddenly dropped, Ito Micheng chased to 6-8, Tian Zhixi called a timeout, this time is actually a bit early, she mainly does not want Ito Micheng to slow down, and then Tian Zhixi withstood the pressure and took the lead 11-9.
In the second game, Ito Micheng's first three boards were significantly accelerated, Tian Zhixi was difficult to adapt, a little unable to keep up with the rhythm, the landing point judgment was prone to deviation, and the on-the-spot adjustment ability was still average, Ito Micheng blasted out 11-4 and also colored, in the third game, Tian Zhixi still couldn't catch Ito Micheng's serve, and in general, there was nothing to do, Ito Micheng played steadily and steadily, always maintained the lead, and won another game with 11-6.
In the fourth game, Tian Zhixi stabilized his position and won the game 11-8, in the fifth game, Tian Zhixi's quality did not go up, and the landing point could not be opened, obviously a little tight, but Ito Misei led 4-2 and fell off again, replaced by Tian Zhixi to find the rhythm, ended the game 11-6, and finally reversed Ito Micheng 3-2, Tian Zhixi advanced to the women's singles quarterfinals, and then played against Wang Manyu and Zheng Yijing The winner, which was unexpected.