Europe Smash 2026, Malmö, 8/8-16

[Metaxa]

Harimoto on 4-3 Matsushima with Miguvideo.
https://weibo.com/6040160273/RdHAXvT6N

From 0–7 to 11–8, Tomo barely scored one single point (9-8) in my view. Sora really threw it away with all those other baffling errors. Set 7 is simply the psychological fallout from set 6.
It’s quite funny that he says in the interview that he kept fighting in set 6… if I’d been handed everything on a plate, I’d have put it a bit differently.

 

[Dr Evil]

Sora's not quite ready to overcome big brother Harimoto (still only 23, but in Harimoto years that makes him a grizzled veteran). From 0-7 in game 6, Harimoto turned to the spin game and got Sora to punch or counter long 5 or 6 times, and push into the net twice.

 

[M51]

I actually slightly favor Harimoto right now.

Glad I was wrong. Europe Smash stays in European hands.

*pretty miserable attendance compared to last year