Number 2. Harimoto falls on the first hurdle in the world of table tennis

Houston, November 25 (UNI / Xinhua) Japanese teen sensation Tomokazu Harimoto crashed in the first hurdle of his third World Table Tennis Championship and lost to Polish Jakub Dyjas 4-3 here in the second round of the men’s singles, it was reported on Thursday. .

The 18-year-old number one, who finished fifth in the world rankings, opened well in the first set on Wednesday 11-7 on Wednesday, but was tied three times and forced his finalist, where his world does not have 65 opponents to finish the match 7-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6 , 6-11, 11-8, 11-9.

“I took my chances well against Harimoto. Mentally and tactically it worked for me,” Dyjas commented after the match.

“I’m really happy to have one of the best seeds in this tournament. It’s a great win and I know I have to play even better in the next round to be able to continue even better,” added the Pole.

Born into two former members of the Chinese national team, Harimoto became the youngest youth world champion in 2016 when he was just 13 years old.

He broke further records when he became the youngest men’s singles winner of all time at the ITTF World Tour (Czech Open) at the age of 14 and the youngest winner of the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals at the age of 15.

However, his recent top-class competition results were unsatisfactory as he was stopped in the 16th semi-finals of last summer’s Tokyo Olympics and finished in the quarterfinals on his first World Championship trip in 2017 before dropping to the 16th semi-finals in 2019 and lap 64 this time.

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