On June 10 , In the men's single Final of 2018 Japan open , Zhang jike showed fans a very strong performance and found his way to this final after fabulous winnings vs His teammate Liang jingkun , Jin ueda from Japan and in the end withdraw of Timo boll in semi final ( injured ) .
His opponent in the final was T.Harimoto The wonder kid from Japan who had defeated Ma long strongly . The Final game was excited as every one expected and In a very close match Zhang Jike lost the game to Host player Harimoto in score of 4 - 3 ( 11-9 , 11-8 , 9-11,4-11, 12-10 , 7-11 ,11-13 ) .
Although it was pity that Zhang Jike didn't win the title But
HE SURPRISED THE WORLD with his last 3 weeks performance . A players who wasn't at this peak for more than three years which has recovered this height in a very short time has done indeed a very difficult Job .
Also in his game with Jin Ueda he turned his back and twisted his waist , Fortunately It didn't make him much problem in the result and he adjusted
well with injury and played well .
The chinese team at the Japan open exposed a lot of problem including Ma long's shocking loss to Harimoto . In this difficult problem , The return and recovery of Zhang jike becomes more valuable and worthy of attention .