This close-to-the-table play is really impressive - especially at the speed these ladies are playing. I can't get over their lightning-fast reflexes. When watching one of their many slap rallys, it all starts turning into a blur for me after five or six exchanges. So I change playback speed to 50% and continue to be astonished. So fun to watch 👏
After the 3rd set, that was 'emotionally perplexing' for Ishikawa. It was like she thought Hirano was giving her a break (bit-by-bit) to the very end (Hirano may have been helping, by not trying to destroy Ishikawa in the 4th set [4:0 possible]); and so, lost due to Judo momentum seized on.