Beijing time on August 9th, in the third and fourth place finals of the table tennis men's team at the Paris Olympic Games, the Japanese team and the host France team fought for the bronze medal. In the second game of the team competition, the two sides had a one-on-one duel. Zhang Benzhi and fought against Felix Lebrun. The battle reached the decisive game. Zhang Benzhi and led 10-7 but missed three match points in a row. Felix Lebrun Lun scored 5 points in a row from 7-10 to 12-10 and made a comeback to celebrate!
This single showdown between Japan and France is also a battle between the two defeated players of the famous national table tennis player Fan Zhendong . In the previous men's singles match, Fan Zhendong narrowly defeated Zhang Benzhihe 4-3 in the quarter-finals. , and then defeated Felix Le Brun 4-0 in the semi-finals. It should be said that judging from the performance against Fan Zhendong, Zhang Benzhihe was slightly stronger than Felix Le Brun. In this campaign, Tomokazu Harimoto played under pressure, because before he came on the field, the Japanese doubles team Shinozuka Daiden / Togami Hayabusa had lost 1-3 to Gautz/Alex in the first game. LeBrun, the Japanese team is behind 0-1 in the big score. As the number one men's singles player of the Japanese team, Tomokazu Harimoto must step up for the team.
After the opening, Felix Lebrun entered the state faster, but Zhang Benzhihe also quickly found his rhythm. Felix Lebrun led 10-7, and Zhang Benzhihe saved 4 game points 13- 11 completed a huge reversal in a single game. Subsequently, Zhang Benzhihe led 2-0 in the second game and lost 0-10! Felix Le Brun easily tied the score 11-4. In the third game, Zhang Benzhihe narrowly won 11-9 with his excellent performance in the serving round, leading again 2-1. In the fourth game, Felix Lebrun won 11-6, tying the score again. The fierce battle reached the final game, with Zhang Benzhihe leading 10-7, and Felix Lebrun scoring five points in a row to win 12-10.
For Tomokazu Harimoto, the painful defeat by the Swedish team in the men's team semi-finals from 2-0 to 2-3 is still vivid in his mind. In the decisive game, Tomokazu Harimoto also led 2-0 in the game and was defeated by Carlberg. After three consecutive comebacks, only one day later, Tomokazu Hari suffered another huge reversal. He even lost 10 points in a row and lost 0-10. It can be said that he was completely ruined!
