On 19 February, the table tennis Asia Cup broke out in the focus of the battle between China and Japan, the 19-year-old Chinese table tennis team’s new singles champion Huang Youzheng debuted on the field, and the Japanese table tennis first brother Harimoto Tomokazu, who defeated himself 3-1 only last month, the results of this time both sides of the vicious battle of 4 games after Huang Youzheng 3-1 to the end of the smile, Harimoto Tomokazu thus opened the door to the darkness of the first battle, see below for more details on the battle.
Harimoto Tomokazu was born in 2003, and Huang Youzheng was born in 2005, both of them are the best among the young players in today’s ping pong world, but the former has a lot of experience in the big games, and in 2017, when he was not yet 14 years old, he already started to participate in the World Series, and then played in the two Olympic Games, which is much stronger than Huang Youzheng who has never participated in the three big games.
As mentioned, the two players had a meeting in January this year, resulting in a 1-3 defeat for Huang Youzheng against Harimoto Tomokazu, but at that time, the Chinese table tennis team had a number of handfuls of set points overturned, and originally had the opportunity to take the victory, so this battle may not be unable to rebound from the defeat to win.
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At the beginning of the match, Huang Youzheng used his advantage in serving to limit Harimoto Tomokazu’s backhand twisting and pulling, but then his shots were not as resolute as his opponent’s, and the Japanese player seized the opportunity to level the score, overtake the score, and take the lead in getting the set point, and the Chinese table tennis team was not willing to show their weakness, and chased them down to 10-all, and finally Huang Youzheng resisted the pressure to win the first place with a close victory of 14-12.
In the second set, Huang Youzheng again took the lead and was chased by Harimoto Tomokazu, but this time, he quickly opened the gap and took the lead with 6 set points at 10-4, and then, although he was attacked by his opponent, he finally won 11-6 to force Harimoto Tomokazu into a corner.
In the third set, Harimoto Tomokazu came up with 6 points in a row to suppress the Chinese table tennis team, while roaring on the court to cheer himself up. In the face of the unfavourable situation, Huang Youzheng fought back, but at this time the opponent’s morale has been obviously high, and finally Huang Youzheng only got 3 points and lost, and did not have the chance to win the Japanese opponent.
Harimoto Tomokazu again took the opening lead in the fourth set, before being chased down and using a time-out. After returning to the court, Huang Youzheng managed to chase down 6 draws, 8 draws, then 8-10 to save 2 set points to 10 draws, and finally ended the whole match with a 12-10 reversal to beat Harimoto Tomokazu.
From the battle of this match, Huang Youzheng and the Chinese table tennis team obviously learnt the lessons from the last loss, especially in the lead how to keep the mindset calm, to avoid being reversed by the opponent obviously have a better performance, which is a valuable experience for the young youngster, looking forward to Huang Youzheng can continue to maintain the good condition, and strive for the good results in the current Asian Cup.
