Table Tennis" famous slicer Honoka Hashimoto scored 2 points alone! Japan reverses Chinese women's team to win 4th championship

Japanese chipping star Honoka Hashimoto defeated Chen Yi and Wang Yidi in the women's team final of the 2026 Asian Table Tennis Championship tonight, contributing two points of victory, helping the Japanese team reverse the Chinese team 3:2 and win the championship. This is the third time the Japanese team has defeated the Chinese team in the Asian Championship women's team final after 1974 and 2024, and is also the fourth women's team championship in team history.

In the Asian Championships two years ago, Zhang Benmei, who was only 16 years old at the time, defeated Wang Yidi and Sun Yingsha in succession, and Miu Hirano defeated Chen Xingtong at the third point. The Japanese team defeated the Chinese team 3:1 to win the championship. In last year's Asian Championship, the three main players of the Chinese team, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Kuai Man, combined to win the women's team title with a straight-set victory over the Japanese team in the final.

This year, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu are absent. In the Chinese team's final, Chen Yi and Wang Yidi will serve as the top two singles, paired with Kuaiman. The Japanese team's lineup is still Hashimoto Honoka, Harimoto Miwa, and Hayada Hina.

Hashimoto Honoka, ranked 14th in the world, faced off against Chen Yi, ranked 10th in the world, with a 3-1 head-to-head advantage. Today she also won 11:9, 11:9, 11:5, giving the Japanese team the lead; Harimoto, ranked 3rd in the world, then met Wang Yidi, ranked 4th in the world. Although she saved a late match point at 9:10 in the fourth game, she ultimately lost in the decider at 8:11.

In the third point of the contest, Hina Hayata, ranked 6th in the world, lost to Kuaiman, ranked 5th in the world, 7:11, 2:11, 4:11 in a "left-handed duel", allowing the Chinese team to obtain a 2:1 draw. But Miwa Zhang stepped forward and defeated Chen Yi at 11:6, 11:8, 11:5, and the Japanese team evened the match.

In the fifth decisive point, Hashimoto Honoka faced off against Wang Yidi. The two sides met four times in the past, with Hashimoto having the upper hand with 3 wins and 1 loss. Today they met again, and Hashimoto also showed superb defensive skills, winning 12:10, 11:3. After winning two games in a row, Wang Yidi launched a desperate counterattack in the third game and regained a victory at 11:6. However, in the fourth game when he was leading 6:4, he encountered turbulence and lost 5 points in a row with his forehand attack. Finally, he lost at 7:11.