{"id":73937,"date":"2025-03-10T15:19:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T07:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanweisport.com\/?p=73937"},"modified":"2025-03-10T15:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T07:25:38","slug":"harimoto-tomokazu-wins-3-0-over-former-chinese-table-tennis-team-world-champion-mika-harimoto-rejects-cold-streak-as-t-league-competition-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanweisport.com\/en\/harimoto-tomokazu-wins-3-0-over-former-chinese-table-tennis-team-world-champion-mika-harimoto-rejects-cold-streak-as-t-league-competition-heats-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Harimoto Tomokazu wins 3-0 over former Chinese table tennis team world champion, Mika Harimoto rejects cold streak as T-League competition heats up"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"73937\" class=\"elementor elementor-73937\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8b8fa2 e-flex e-con-boxed 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the Kanagawa club to a 3-1 reversal against the Nagoya club, see below for more details.<\/p><p>As those who follow the ping pong scene know, the WTT Chongqing Championships are about to kick off on 11 March, and a number of Japan&#8217;s main players have already qualified for the tournament, but as the T-League season is about to come to an end in March, they will still have to be dedicated to take up the role of a labourer domestically, in a bid to help their hosts reach the finals and shock the champions at the last minute.<\/p><p>The Ryukyu club led by Harimoto Tomokazu is currently leading the men&#8217;s team standings, and they had a tough match against the previous runners-up, Okayama, on 9 March, which ended in a five-set match.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e224c7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e224c7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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