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very close victory for Harimoto, phew !!!!
I think that was the real final, YOSHIDA and UDA I think are a level below.
from 1-3, I think HARIMOTO played in a more controlled manner. It was risky because TOGAMI was the more powerful player from both sides, but he could not always recover well from his all-out FH strokes, and he was a bit less consistent that HARIMOTO. In the end, the strategy paid off.
Although in the 7th set, there was a scare in the beginning of the set when HARIMOTO made a serve error, followed by a long receive from TOGAMI hitting the edge of the table it was 2-4 then. 6-6. then HARIMOTO cruised to 10-6, TOGAMI perhaps choked in this moment. He recovered his mind to come back at 10-9 but his last shot , a down the line BH missed the table by some margin.
HARIMOTO almost collapsed on the floor to celebrate but resisted from doing it, it shows he matured a bit. But also it shows that was such a difficult and emotional match.
I think that was the real final, YOSHIDA and UDA I think are a level below.
from 1-3, I think HARIMOTO played in a more controlled manner. It was risky because TOGAMI was the more powerful player from both sides, but he could not always recover well from his all-out FH strokes, and he was a bit less consistent that HARIMOTO. In the end, the strategy paid off.
Although in the 7th set, there was a scare in the beginning of the set when HARIMOTO made a serve error, followed by a long receive from TOGAMI hitting the edge of the table it was 2-4 then. 6-6. then HARIMOTO cruised to 10-6, TOGAMI perhaps choked in this moment. He recovered his mind to come back at 10-9 but his last shot , a down the line BH missed the table by some margin.
HARIMOTO almost collapsed on the floor to celebrate but resisted from doing it, it shows he matured a bit. But also it shows that was such a difficult and emotional match.
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