Remember the name 'Masato Shiono'! Today on the 22nd June, more unexpected results took place at the 2013 Japan Open ITTF World Tour making this the most unpredictable event of the year as Jun Mizutani, Wang Liqin and Koki Niwa were all eliminated at the quarter final stages.
Masato Shiono - Photo by: ITTF Facebook Page
On route to the quarter final stages Japan's Masato Shiono defeated no.1 seed Chunag Chih Yuan, compatriot Kenta Matsudaira and Li Hu of Singapore. In the quarter finals of the men's singles event defensive player Masato faced team mate Koki Niwa. Koki won the first set, however new kid on the block Masato found his form to win the next 4 sets (11-7,11-5,11-6,11-5). What is formidable about the Japanese stars game is his attacking ablity. His combination of defensive and attacking skills mimics that of Korea's Joo Se Hyuk which allows him to really confuse his opponents game. Japan's new rising defensive player will certainly have an impressive world ranking on the July ITTF World Rankings. Can Masato go on to win the title?
Jun Mizutani (Left) & Wang Liqin (Right) Photo by: ITTF
Elsewhere, host nations Jun Mizutani stumbled out at the Quarter Final hurdle in an epic 7 set thriller against the 2013 World Doubles Champion Chen Chien-An of Chinese Taipei. Jun Mizutani raced into a 2-0 lead however Chen started the climb back slowly. Jun furthered the scoreline by 3 games to 1 however Chen fought back to win the next 3 sets ( full match score: 7-11,5-11,11-6,8-11,11-4,11-8,11-9).
3 time world Champion Wang Liqin lost to young rising team mate Xu Chenhao of China in a close 6 sets. Xu shouted cho at every point 1, fighting his hardest to win by 4 games to 2 (11-8,11-7,11-13,12-10,7-11,11-8).
The only quarter final to go accordingly to ranking was Korea's Kim Minseok against Japan's Masataka Morizono. Kim won in 6 sets and will now face Xu Chenhao.
The Japan Open World Tour has shown clearly that ranking doesn't mean everything in table tennis!
Semi Final Men's Singles Schedule - Time in GMT
The first Men's Singles semi final match proceeds at 02.30am GMT on the 23rd June. Watch the matches on TableTennisDaily in the ITTF Live Streaming which has integrated chat for logged in users.
Who do you think will progress to the Men's Singles Final?
2.30 am GMT Masato Shiono vs Chen Chien-An
3.13 am GMT Kim Min Seok vs Xu Chenhao
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Source: ITTF
Written by: Dan Ives
TableTennisDaily
Masato Shiono - Photo by: ITTF Facebook Page
On route to the quarter final stages Japan's Masato Shiono defeated no.1 seed Chunag Chih Yuan, compatriot Kenta Matsudaira and Li Hu of Singapore. In the quarter finals of the men's singles event defensive player Masato faced team mate Koki Niwa. Koki won the first set, however new kid on the block Masato found his form to win the next 4 sets (11-7,11-5,11-6,11-5). What is formidable about the Japanese stars game is his attacking ablity. His combination of defensive and attacking skills mimics that of Korea's Joo Se Hyuk which allows him to really confuse his opponents game. Japan's new rising defensive player will certainly have an impressive world ranking on the July ITTF World Rankings. Can Masato go on to win the title?
Jun Mizutani (Left) & Wang Liqin (Right) Photo by: ITTF
Elsewhere, host nations Jun Mizutani stumbled out at the Quarter Final hurdle in an epic 7 set thriller against the 2013 World Doubles Champion Chen Chien-An of Chinese Taipei. Jun Mizutani raced into a 2-0 lead however Chen started the climb back slowly. Jun furthered the scoreline by 3 games to 1 however Chen fought back to win the next 3 sets ( full match score: 7-11,5-11,11-6,8-11,11-4,11-8,11-9).
3 time world Champion Wang Liqin lost to young rising team mate Xu Chenhao of China in a close 6 sets. Xu shouted cho at every point 1, fighting his hardest to win by 4 games to 2 (11-8,11-7,11-13,12-10,7-11,11-8).
The only quarter final to go accordingly to ranking was Korea's Kim Minseok against Japan's Masataka Morizono. Kim won in 6 sets and will now face Xu Chenhao.
The Japan Open World Tour has shown clearly that ranking doesn't mean everything in table tennis!
Semi Final Men's Singles Schedule - Time in GMT
The first Men's Singles semi final match proceeds at 02.30am GMT on the 23rd June. Watch the matches on TableTennisDaily in the ITTF Live Streaming which has integrated chat for logged in users.
Who do you think will progress to the Men's Singles Final?
2.30 am GMT Masato Shiono vs Chen Chien-An
3.13 am GMT Kim Min Seok vs Xu Chenhao
For all the latest news, results and videos from the Japan Open click here. To catch up on all the latest highlighted matches from the Japan Open visit our Media Library.
Like and tweet our articles to the World. Lets spread the word of Table Tennis.
Source: ITTF
Written by: Dan Ives
TableTennisDaily
