Tomokazu Harimoto and Masaharu Yoshimura's Journey in the 19th Asian Games Table Tennis Competition

2023-09-29 11:04:05

Tomokazu Harimoto and Masaharu Yoshimura Photo by Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images

19th Asian Games

On September 29th, the third round of men’s singles was held, and the Japanese team was played by Tomokazu Harimoto (20 = Tomokazu Kikaku / World Ranking) 4th place) advanced to the quarterfinals.

Harimoto will compete once morest Noshad Alamian (31 = Iran / 53rd place), who won the singles bronze medal in the 2018 tournament. The first game was close in the second half, but Harimoto was able to escape with a score of 11-9.

In the second game, Aramian deftly attacked with a single backhand and took the game point first, but he came back 12-10 and won the third game, 11-8. They lost the next two games 5-11 and 10-12, but in the sixth game they overcame their persistent opponent and won 12-10.

Masaharu Yoshimura (30 = TEAM MAHARU / 79th place in the same year) will have a match once morest Huang Zhenting (32 = Hong Kong / 49th place in the same year). Yoshimura lost the first game 7-11 and then lost the second game 11-13. However, they won the third game 13-11, and then won the next two games 11-5 and 11-3.

Yoshimura changed his game following the third game, but lost the sixth game 5-11, and in the seventh and final game, he expanded his lead in the middle and lost 7-11.

Harimoto’s quarterfinal opponent will be Jang Woo-jin (South Korea), and he will be aiming for his first medal in men’s singles in 13 years since Jun Mizutani (bronze medal) at the 2010 Guangzhou Games.

Tomokazu Harimoto 4-2 Noshad Alamian (Iran)
11-9/12-10/11-8/5-11/10-12/8-11/10-12

Maharu Yoshimura 3-4 Wong Chin Ting (Hong Kong)
7-11/11-13/13-11/11-5/11-3/5-11/7-11

[Tournament name]19th Asian Games
[Table tennis competition period]September 22, 2023 (Friday) to October 2, 2023 (Monday)
【Venue】Hangzhou, China
[Participating events]
■Men’s group (5 people)
Tomokazu Harimoto, Masaharu Yoshimura, Shunsuke Togami, Mizuki Oikawa, Daisei Matsushita

■Women’s group (5 people)
Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, Miyu Kihara, Miyu Nagasaki, Miwa Harimoto

■Men’s singles (2 people)
Tomokazu Harimoto, Masaharu Yoshimura

■Women’s singles (2 people)
Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano

■Men’s doubles (2 pairs)
Masaharu Yoshimura/Shunsuke Togami, Mizuki Oikawa/Daisei Matsushita

■Women’s doubles (2 pairs)
Miu Hirano/Miyu Nagasaki, Miyu Kihara/Miwa Harimoto

■Mixed doubles (2 pairs)
Tomokazu Harimoto/Hina Hayata, Shunsuke Togami/Miyu Kihara

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