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Harimoto in terrible shape, not sure what is going on with him. Looks like Wong Chun Ting is clearly winning against Harimoto.

And his loss against Xu Xin. Of course Xu Xin is really good at the moment but he usually crushed him easily.

Your forgot JEOUNG Youngsik, he won last week against him. The loss against Harimoto didn't really matter because he won the Asian Cup in the end. The thing is he also lost against other chinese players recently which he dominated usually. This is not the Fan Zhendong in his prime.

Two amazing wins for Ishikawa and Fan Zhendong, insane. Cheng Meng might be a bit overplayed after her Korea win but Fan Zhendong is really baffling, where is his form? He was untouchable for foreigners until late 2018.

Wang Chuqin 11th May 2000 Harimoto 27th June 2003 Horrible day for the Japanese men, no player in round 2.

It definitely helped against Ma Long last year. He needs something different, he is young enough to evolve a backup in his game. He can't rely any longer for his backhand flip return because he can no longer surprise his opponents with this, they are aware of his strenght.

It's a bit early to conclude this, Wang Chuqin is 3 years older which could have a big effect. The worrying part currently is that Harimoto didn't really improve his game from last year, maybe they should give him a tournament break. Also I wonder if the switch from Tenergy 05 to Dignics this...

Harimoto is hopeless in the longer rallies, this is a repeat from last week. Wang Chuqin is too good for him. No progress for Harimoto lately, he will lose a lot of ranking points.

Harimoto after 6-0 and 10:8 lost the first set, not looking good for him.

Next chance for him but I think Wang Chuqin will win again.

Kenta Matsudaira lost to Florient Lambiet, last week he lost to Jin Takuya. What happened to him? He was Top 10 not long ago.

Ma Long in big troubles, this is a surprise.

Harimoto 16:14 for the sixth set, saved several set points and won the match with 4-2. He was really lucky this time. Next opponent will be Wang Chuqin, I believe the chinese will win because Harimoto stuggles against young players and didn't play well this tournament.

Harimoto won the fourth set with 15:13, lucky he saved several set points.

Harimoto is struggling, he might lose this match.

Ovtcharov was injured last year for several months, since then he couldn't regain his level.

Niwa lost 1-4 to Cho Seungmin, he is really in bad shape lately.

Interesting first round: LIN Yun-Ju - Wang Chuqin

Hayata also wins against Chen Ke, beats two chinese to reach the main draw.

I didn't expect such a scoreline, Wang Yidi seems to be very good.