Ito won the women's singles medal at the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time, and it turned out that she wanted to fulfill her promise two years ago

In a women's singles quarterfinal of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha on the 23rd local time, the world's No. 9 Japanese star Misei Ito defeated the world's No. 4 Chinese player Wang Yidi 4-1 (6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9) to reach the semifinals and lock up at least one bronze medal. This is also the first time in Ito's career to win a singles medal at the World Table Tennis Championships, and she was interviewed after the match.

After the victory, Ito shed tears

After the victory, Ito shed tears. Because, the past record with Wang Yidi shows that Ito Misei is at a clear disadvantage with 2 wins and 10 losses, and recently suffered a wave of 7 consecutive defeats, "It's really a happy sentence, it's great to be able to defeat an opponent who has been difficult to win recently on the big stage of the World Championship", she said her feelings frankly with a smile while crying.

In the singles competition of the World Table Tennis Championships, Misei Ito won the first medal of his career. Regarding stepping on the shoulders of Chinese players to climb on the women's singles podium at the World Table Tennis Championships, she said: "Especially when fighting against Chinese players, the goal this time is to have at least one medal," and "I am so happy to beat Chinese players and win medals." I remember the last time Hina Hayada won a medal (Hina Hayada defeated Wang Yidi at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban and won the bronze medal in women's singles), I said that I could also win a medal, and I competed today, and it was great to be able to do what I said I would do. ”

Ito smiled and said to the fans, "I feel the support of everyone. I won a medal on my own, but I think it was thanks to everyone's support. I want to enjoy it tomorrow too. Ito's women's singles semifinal opponent on the 24th will be the world's No. 1 sister Sun Yingsha.