Japan's Mimato Ito is determined to win a women's singles medal at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha

Japan's female table tennis player, 24-year-old Mimato Ito, is determined to win a medal in the individual event of the 2025 World Championships in Doha, which opens on the 17th. On the 7th, she participated in a training camp for Japanese representatives at the Ajinomoto National Training Center in Tokyo.

24-year-old Misei Ito

For the sixth time in her career to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships, Ito said with high morale: "I have not won a medal in the singles women's singles. I always said 'I want to do it in singles', so I want to achieve that. I want to seize the opportunity with my own hands. ”

Although she missed out on her chance to compete at last summer's Paris Olympics, Ito was the only Japanese woman to reach the semi-finals at the men's and women's World Cup in April. In the world rankings, she is ranked 9th, and she is also the fourth sister of the Japanese table tennis women's team.

After playing the 2025 World Cup, Ito chose to rest, and in order to prepare for this World Table Tennis Championships, she began to restart, and met with the Japanese team preparing for training on the 6th local time. On this day, Makoto Fujimi also greeted Hina Hayada and others, and a cheerful expression appeared on his face, "I had a very fulfilling practice".

In international competitions, you need to adapt to the local environment after entering the local area, but Ito, who has worked hard, says, "I try not to accumulate pressure. It's not an explosion but a vent, and if you're ready it won't affect the game, then you can work hard to play table tennis without pressure. Looking forward to the upcoming World Table Tennis Championships in a week and a half, Ito said energetically: "There is still a period of time before the start of the competition, and I want to prepare what I can do here and what I can do on the other side, and get into the competition." ”