Miyu Nagasaki

Miyu Nagasaki (長﨑 美柚, Nagasaki Miyū, born 15 June 2002) is a Japanese table tennis player.

Miyu Nagasaki
Nagasaki at the 2018 Swedish Open
Personal information
Born (2002-06-15) 15 June 2002
Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip[1]
Highest ranking34 (September 2018)[2]
Current ranking60 (February 2020)
ClubKinoshita Abyell Kanagawa
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Women's table tennis
World Championships
2018 HalmstadTeam

Career highlights

Nagasaki was part of the Japanese women's team that won a silver medal at the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden.[3]

In December 2019, Nagasaki won both the girls' singles and doubles (with Miyuu Kihara) at the 2019 World Junior Table Tennis Championships. She was the first non-Chinese girl to win the singles in the tournament's 17-year history.[4]

Two weeks later, she and Kihara captured the women's doubles title at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals.[5]

Achievements

World Championships

ITTF Tours

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Final opponents Score Rank
2018 Slovenia Open Challenge Miyuu Kihara Ng Wing Nam
Minnie Soo Wai Yam		 1–3[6]
2019 Satsuki Odo
Saki Shibata		 3–0[7]
Croatia Open Honoka Hashimoto
Hitomi Sato		 3–2[8]
German Open World Tour Jeon Ji-hee
Yang Ha-eun		 1–3[9]
Austrian Open Chen Szu-yu
Cheng Hsien-tzu		 3–2[10]
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Jeon Ji-hee
Yang Ha-eun		 3–0[5]

Junior records
Singles
Doubles
Team

References
  1. "Player profile - Miyu Nagasaki". ITTF. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  2. "ITTF World Ranking Profile - Nagasaki Miyu". ITTF. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. "Japan falls to China in World Team Table Tennis Championships women's final". The Japan Times. 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. Marshall, Ian (2019-12-01). "Joy for Japan at 2019 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  5. "Teen duo Miyu Kihara, Miyu Nagasaki capture table tennis Grand Finals title". Kyodo News. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  6. Marshall, Ian (7 April 2018). "Review Final Day: first time winners". ITTF. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge, Slovenia Open Results (12 May)". ITTF. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. "Final Day: Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Croatia Open". ITTF. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  9. "Day Three: 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open". ITTF. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  10. Long Po-an; Chiang Yi-ching (17 November 2019). "Taiwan duo lose in women's doubles final at Austrian Table Tennis Open". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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