Tomokazu Harimoto/Hina Hayata PHOTO: Itaru Chiba
Singapore Smash (March 7-March 19) On March 15, Tomokazu Harimoto (IMG) / Hina Hayata (Nippon Life Insurance) beat Fan Zhendong / Wang Man-yu (China) to 3-0 in the mixed doubles semi-finals. defeated and advanced to the final.
A match in which “Harihina”, who has won the All Japan Championship for the second time in a row, challenged a powerful pair by the men and women’s singles champions of World Table Tennis 2021.
Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu PHOTO: Itaru Chiba
Harihina smoothly attacks the Chinese pair, who are right-handed and have little experience in pairing, and have problems in cooperation. The first two games were taken at 11-4, 11-8.
In addition, Harihina collects balls on a course where the bodies of the Chinese pair overlap and it is difficult to return the ball. Harimoto’s Chiquita and taichung backhands were also steadily determined, and he shrugged off the Chinese pair, who were sticking with their individual abilities, and decided to go to the final.
Tomokazu Harimoto/Hina Hayata PHOTO: Itaru Chiba
Tomokazu Harimoto/Hina Hayata 3-0 Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu (China)
11-4/11-8/12-10
