The 2024 table tennis wtt Bangkok Stars Tournament has come to an end. Japanese players once again showed off their power. They repeated this feat after winning five crowns in the previous wtt Tunisia regular season. Tomokazu Harimoto was crowned the triple crown for the second time. And he swept Lin Gaoyuan 4-0 in the men's singles final. As for Mima Ito, who has not been on the top podium for a long time, he also won the women's singles championship.
At the subsequent award ceremony, Lin Gaoyuan looked lonely and was obviously not very satisfied with his performance. Tomokazu Harimoto calmly took the trophy with a slight smile. Mima Ito was obviously even happier. After all, he was the long-lost champion and the long-lost champion. joy!
There are only one man and one woman participating in the national table tennis competition. Although the number is not large, they are the main players of the world championship, Lin Gaoyuan and Chen Xingtong. They are also the top seeds in both singles, so many fans think that they have a high probability of winning. Winning the championship and boosting the morale of the national table tennis team in the last non-youth event before the Olympics, only to fail.
As early as the women's singles round of 16, Chen Xingtong lost 2-3 to South Korean player Seo Hyo-won, which was shocking. Lin Gaoyuan made it all the way to the finals in the men's singles event, and then encountered two recent opponents of him. Tomokazu Harimoto, who has lost in a row.
Since Lin Gaoyuan easily swept Tomokazu Harimoto 4-0 in their last match, it was generally believed that he could successfully win this time and win the championship for the national table tennis team. However, the situation after the final started was completely unexpected. To people's expectation, Lin Gaoyuan was suppressed almost all the way. In the end, he failed to win the game and was defeated 0-4 and was swept. Zhang Benzhihe achieved "revenge" from this.
With Lin Gaoyuan's defeat, the national table tennis team was completely wiped out in this competition. Many fans also raised their concerns: Recently, the main players in the Olympic Games have been training in isolation and not participating in actual combat. This is really no problem. ?
In addition to men's singles, Tomokazu Harimoto also topped the mixed doubles and men's doubles events of WTT Bangkok Stars. In addition, WTT Tunisia also won three championships in the regular season, and also won WTT Zagreb regular season, Ruble The mixed doubles champion of the Erjana Stars Tournament is indeed full of momentum and will definitely inject an effective shot in the arm into his preparations for the Olympics.
As for Mima Ito, although she failed to qualify for the Olympics, she defeated Zhu Qianxi, Xu Xiaoyuan, and Honoka Hashimoto to reach the top in this competition, once again proving her strength: During the Los Angeles Olympics cycle, she may still make a difference, and she is worth watching out for in the national table tennis team. !
