The latest edition of the world ranking list released by the International Table Tennis Federation on Nov. 21 shows that Japan's 20-year-old Tomokazu Zhang has fallen to 11th in the men's singles world rankings, down from 9th last week. What happened to the superstar of the table tennis world, Tomokazu Harimoto, who was a teenager and made his mark at the age of 13, once ranked as high as No. 2 in the world rankings, has slumped to his lowest ebb in the last five-and-a-half years? Is it a case of starting high and finishing low?
Harimoto Tomokazu is a Japanese table tennis player born on June 27, 2003 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He was the Japan Table Tennis Open U21 Men's Singles Champion in 2016, Czech Table Tennis Open Men's Singles Champion in 2017, All-Japan Table Tennis Championships Men's Singles Champion in January 2018, FIBA Finals Men's Singles Champion in December 2018, Table Tennis Men's World Cup Bronze Medalist in 2020, and Men's Table Tennis Team Bronze Medalist at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.Tomokazu was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. In addition, he won his first Asian Cup title when he defeated Lim Jong-hoon in the men's singles final of the 2022 Table Tennis Asian Cup.
Such a talented young man who came out of nowhere, is it true that he will be obliterated? I think his offense is sharp, and the way of playing is also more violent, but once the opponent is well studied, this is also a loss on the one hand, others only need to play steadily, find an opportunity to win with a single blow.
Of course, Zhang Ben Jihe is still very young, there is time and space for growth, let us look forward to the Rio Olympics in half a year, whether he can prove himself again.
