Table Tennis All Japan Championship Men's Singles Harimoto Advances to Best 4 Jan 18 14:20
The table tennis all-Japan championship was in the men's singles quarterfinals, and Tomokazu Harimoto, who aims to win for the first time in two years, advanced to the top four with four straight straight wins.
At the table tennis All Japan Championships held in Osaka City, the men's singles quarterfinal was held on the 18th of the sixth day of the tournament.
Harimoto, who aims to win for the first time in two years, played against Masaharu Yoshimura, who won the silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics men's group.
Harimoto led the game early in the game, with a 3 to 5 lead. However, he took 7 consecutive points to reverse with a fast-handed backhand that was good at his good timing, and took 11 to 6 points. After the second game, Harimoto showed a strong shot and a sloppy attack that used a loose ball, and did not pass the opponent, winning a game count of 4-0 straight win.
Harimoto showed strength to give his opponent no game in the last four games, and advanced to the semifinals on the 19th.
Takaaki Niwa, who has been decided to be the representative of the Tokyo Olympics along with Harimoto, played against Junsuke Togami, a third-year high school student who has won two consecutive high schools across the country. Niwa couldn't cope with Togami's powerful shots or the "Chiquita," a unique spinning receiver, and lost a game count of 0-4 straight.
Niwa "I can't make my own development"
After losing in the men's singles quarterfinals, Takaki Niwa looked back at a game that struggled with the unique spins hit by the opponent, Chiquita, etc., and said, `` Chiquita was good and he could not cope with power shots. I felt that it was mentally difficult during the match and I could not win no matter how much I do in today's state. I can not win if I do not feel stronger at the All Japan Championships. " Did.
For the Tokyo Olympics, which he has been offered as a representative, he said, "I lost today but I want to switch because the international competition will continue. I want to win even more by the Olympics and raise the world rankings." .