Tomokazu Harimoto PHOTO：World Table Tennis
[Flash results/tournament table]WTT Champions Frankfurt |
WTT Champions Frankfurt (October 29, 2023 – November 5, 2023/Germany) On November 3, in the men’s singles quarterfinals, Tomokazu Harimoto (20 = Tomokazu Kikaku / 7th place in the world ranking) competed against Lin Yuan (22 = Taiwan) /12th place) by a game count of 1-3, missing out on advancing to the semifinals.
His opponent, Lin Huan-ju, is Taiwan’s ace and one of the top-ranked players that even China’s strongest army is wary of.
Harimoto leads with 2 wins and 0 losses in international tournaments, but when they played against each other in the T League in August of this year, Lin Xunyu won.
In the first game, both players scored points using counter attacks, which is their specialty. Harimoto made a skillful cut block in the early stages, but his reception was a little loose in the final stages and he lost the game 11-13.
Lin Yunru PHOTO: World Table Tennis
In the second game, Chiquita hit his serve and gave up the lead, but he made a long serve midway through and reversed the lead. Harimoto read the opponent’s long serve and attacked with a drive to take back the game.
However, in the 3rd game, they attacked first, but were blocked by the opponent’s blocks and counters, and lost 8-11.In the 4th game, they made a super play in a rally, and the score was 1-6. .
Harimoto was pushed by Hayashi’s speedy attacks until the end, and was able to score Chiquita at the end, losing 4-11.
Tomokazu Harimoto 1-3 Lin Chu (Taiwan)
11-13/11-9/8-11/4-11
2023-11-03 16:31:40
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