Fan Zhendong vs Tomokazu Harimoto | WTT Cup Finals Singapore FULL Match Replay

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[@Kat-zj5kd]

That was a clean take down. Fan Zhendong is No.1 with good reason. What a smash

[@wmz3283]

best commentators ever, totally unbiased and equally appreciative of both players' good performance

[@spaceinvader384]

So nice to watch the match in full again. Now we can hear everything from Adam. He's the hidden key part of the match, as always.

[@BinhNguyen-ku7dx]

OK

[@BinhNguyen-ku7dx]

là

[@BinhNguyen-ku7dx]

Ông

[@BinhNguyen-ku7dx]

L l OK l là lkok

[@jameshullihen649]

Adam is ok, sometimes talks 2 much. Female announcer gotta go, such an annoying voice.

[@jordi5756]

Fan Zhendong, is the Bruce Lee of table tennis, simply spectacular.

[@kemizehabib-mohammed8791]

The biggest reason I have such an issue with the camera angle is, we don't get to see the services and the receives; instead they tantalise with that very close-up shot right before the players actually serve the ball. I get that for non players that may not matter much, but many of us following the tournaments are players. It's really ridiculous to have to watch it this way. Whoever's reading this...

[@amadis8892]

True.

[@irwanbudiharjo5066]

Correct..

[@benthekeeshond545]

Agree!

[@downloaf8383]

the new angle really sucks

[@chandraprabha569]

Yes a true player can understand this

[@keyboardrambo]

this is the quality this level of the sport deserves. 50fps buttery smooth motion

[@Athurius23]

I like the Black Table wit hthe Orange Lines, looks great.

[@Philoreason]

Very good match, and very good commentators!

[@francislau5436]

Fan zhen dong,look cute and adorable guy. His performance is really amazing and perfect. Congratulations too him won the trophy 🏆 for China 🇨🇳

[@liamwright2510]

Eurrgh

[@spaceinvader384]

Reviewed again. I've studied and scrutinized serve techniques for a while (just curious, I'm not a pro). These guys are so good at disguising their serves even top players are often fooled. It's particularly hard for shake handers due to limited wrist motion. A good (or tricky rather) service is needed to set up for an instant kill. It takes years of practice to explore and perfect a serve and when to execute a lethal one for a CRUCIAL moment in a match. Ma Lin (Chinese pen holder) probably creates the greatest/fascinating TT serves of all time.

[@Aliyaaaa]

You can't even see the serves with those angles sadly.

[@user-kt4fj7xd3c]

Thank you for sharing with us! Wonderful!

[@Atha_Ciya_Channel]

Harimoto only best for screaming sound not for played

[@vandungnguyen1651]

Harimoto is improving a lot. Keep working on it.

[@joeywong-ly7ms]

❤😂🎉🎉Great smash

[@kisi-dp3dz]

球場規劃的很美觀。精彩的世界級別大賽。美麗的新加波。

[@benthekeeshond545]

When a TT player can defeat Ma Long, his confidence level is out of this world. This is Fan Zhendong. One has to feel sorry for Harimoto who was playing catchup throughout this match. Congrats to Fan Zhendong!

[@haripanchal2210]

Harimoto also defeated ma long

[@Aliyaaaa]

@@haripanchal2210 for real

[@maksimbaranov8305]

Can't defeat Ma Long in major non commercial tournament, you mean. As far as I know Fan has zero victories over Ma Long in WTTC/Olympics.

[@benthekeeshond545]

@@Aliyaaaa He did. There are many players inside/outside of China who defeated Ma Long before but to defeat Ma Long consistently is another story. To the best of my memory, Timo Boll, Wang Hao, Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, and Zhang Jike are the players who defeated Ma Long more than twice. Worth mentioning was a 16-year-old Wang Chuqin won against Ma Long and he also defeated Ma Long in their last meeting. But most of the players mentioned lost more than they won against Ma Long. Perhaps only Wang Hao and Zhang Jike possess a winning record against Ma Long because both of them had the privilege to play against a younger Ma Long.

[@benthekeeshond545]

@@maksimbaranov8305 You are right. But Fan should be able to overcome his nemesis. It is a matter of time. Ma Long is not getting younger.

[@tsai2891]

amazing quality!

[@andreiiordache5429]

Awesome match but even then ... Adam's comments makes it epic :)!

[@SivaFolsom]

Congrats Fan! Adam's commenting is great!

[@rajendrakulkarni5554]

Siply amezing to watch.

[@luannascimento2331]

Uma comemoração mais animada após a vitória seria ótimo

[@hassanhaidar3917]

If speech is silver, silence is gold..

[@PoojaSharma-ze1uj]

I think to cover the return they go on side. But they should always show replay in slow mo for other players to learn

[@tekpengtekpeng]

All good👍👍👍

[@hoseguera86370]

I really appreciated to see the match in full. Thanks WTT. Comments are interesting and entertaining.

[@user-bd2cn9mc5f]

하리모토타법은강약조절이특이합니다!판젠동이화려하고시원시숸한탁구라면 하리모토는속도조절능력이뛰어난선수네요

[@jcxcruzer1291]

What I just realized which is pretty impressive, is that there seems to never be any equipment malfunctions from the bats to the table or anything

[@meh6513]

???

[@nothingisagiven]

you want them to play with discount equipment just for the fun of it?

[@michelepellegrino6640]

comment of the century

[@dubmob151]

What kind of malfunctions are you accustomed to?

[@RogerThat1945]

As for the INTRO; Harimoto is Chinese; it's just that his family moved to Japan when he was a baby, and he became naturalised.

[@supahsmashbro]

Oh really? First time seeing him and I kinda thought he looked a bit Chinese

[@yanpeizhang7119]

It depends on your definition of nationality. Legally speaking，harimoto is japanese.

[@user-bf9dk4xb1j]

A Chinese comment from another WTT video actually said Harimoto was from the mainland China and went to Japan when he was 11 to become a TT athlete and became a naturalized Japanese...

[@user-bf9dk4xb1j]

@@yanpeizhang7119I think he was referring to his ethnicity...

[@peterenis5334]

What blade is harimoto using ? I assume its a custom blade with the BTY harimoto handle for advertisement purpose ?

[@nightrain1556]

28:28 airball

[@sercanedinsel7103]

what is the rubber brand of their rackets???

[@taliputihRocketSpin]

Pertandingan kelas dunia yang luar biasa

[@suar99x29]

what camera they used to make video like this,? iphone?

[@erickamorales2831]

Que pasó en 20:12?? Era servicio de Harimoto?

[@ofonmbukekpenyong549]

Well played Fan

[@miguelangeljimenezdelpino7940]

Que año es?

[@wayansukaryasa5505]

Amazing good lucky

[@Aliyaaaa]

Team Harimoto! Even if he looses, he has great potential and I see him at the top Spot one day. Screaming and celebrating a point is fine and hyped me up! Next time Harimoto \○/

[@geedoubleu641]

Always happy to see Screaming Boy lose. He says that he screams to release stress, so why doesn't he scream when he loses? That must be more stressful! He screams because he wants to create stress in his opponent. That is the sign of a weak person.

[@user-ln7oi8bx4p]

You re right

[@joepoeandhisgopro7379]

People like you are the reason why the table Tennis community is garbage once on a while

[@zhuxia7922]

Bruh have you seen Dimitrij

[@geedoubleu641]

@@zhuxia7922 Not much recently. Feel the same about all who do it but it seems Harimoto was a trend setter.

[@francislau5436]

Your feedback really amazing 👏

[@user-us4ou1zi3e]

加油 小火子們.

[@markanthony6607]

been watching FZD for a while now, a huge fan by the way, but am i the only one who assumes he looks like grown up Jaden smith's enemy with Jackie Chan movie?

[@xyy2086]

樊振东加油😍😍😍樊振东2022继续闪耀😘😘😘

[@michaellove7912]

Get the camera angle back to normal!

[@hoanghaidang2014]

I saw another Singapore smash 2022 final of Malong and Fan. Are there 2 tournament at Singapore at almost the same time?

[@cdoodle9949]

This final here was the final of the WTT Cup Finals which took part at the end of last year. The final between FZD and ML was the final of the most recent tournament, the Singapore Smash.

[@Kaspiy2]

This is last?

[@user-ys8fc4vf5i]

這是直播嗎？

[@ugpee]

Harimoto developed some muscles, he also stands a bit far away from table than he used to, losing some speed in my opinion.

[@stayreal168]

agreed

[@xonx209]

Yeah, why does he do that?

[@benthekeeshond545]

@@xonx209 He was playing more like a blocker and clearly wasn't going anywhere. Without a lethal forehand and footwork in TT, you are not going to win against the best. But Harimoto's footwork moving to his left is not good enough even though he won many points from his forehand side. Harimoto is still young and can improve.

[@johanmurjanto1944]

What year was it?

[@125ZJK]

Back hand to back hand..those guys are like gun fighters

[@flikooi6858]

Tomo number 1! in screaming...

[@user-th5jx3dp7e]

Please, can someone tell me what they shout after scoring a point?

[@Justinliu00]

Usually they are shouting "cho" or "cho le"

[@KuanHJ]

這是什麽時候的比賽？

[@climhyung]

Harimoto needs to train in China and needs new coaching. He's gone as far as he could in Japan.

[@lindahhh]

true

[@dubmob151]

16:30 I found it curious how lucky breaks from edges or net balls are apologized for; seems unique to table tennis. Any other sports, they're taken with aplomb. Of course, the apology may be a feigned action, with internal glee 😉

[@waynewilliams3246]

Not true. Apologies for net shots occur also in tennis, as do mis-hits and Perfect corner shots(nicks) in squash. But I agree that it is now mostly an automatic feigned action with much internalised glee.

[@AZHOLEN1]

These pros can aim for the net or edge. That’s a pro’s control right there. Then just feign the apology for sure. I know I would lol

[@CliffZhu]

樊振东及时调整，越打越顺手。张本的台内正手还是很有特点，得分不少。

[@lukmanriyana_ptm10]

Fzd to strong for TH

[@phamquynh4840]

Cac vđv TQ ngoài Malin thì tôi thich fanzhendong nhất

[@fauzyemran]

Is this the latest one?..or the last one when FZD won the title

[@meichoi9646]

Jeffry - The tournment, WTT Grand Smash was held in Singapore in December 20 21. This was single final and FZD won.

[@janvoss5548]

@@meichoi9646 That was the WTT Cup Finals. The first Grand Smash is taking place in the upcoming weeks, indeed in Singapore.

[@meichoi9646]

@@janvoss5548 - oops, got the title mixed up. Thanks.

[@PeterPerhac]

Who's commentating? Is the male voice Adam Bobrow?

[@rm3309]

Good match but I not fun with this camera angle view.

[@gerardo8836]

camera angle sucks

[@danilamasteroff]

No

[@sanatjain4670]

Yes, the old camera angle ( behind the table) was better. The angle at 3:28 is better.

[@rakasasangma5423]

Exactly

[@DioBrandotw1]

10:20 why does he say "we dont know if we will see him play again", refering to ma long? As far as i know neither ma long or xu xin annunced the willing to retire. What did i miss?

[@chenellen4074]

They didn’t announced to retire, they still want to play, continued to fight for their loving ping pong

[@tabletennis-tv]

go go Fan Zhendong ^^

[@olledanielsson7754]

Boooooooo

[@daengtenismeja]

good

[@studentswizard]

How they play fast

[@yufanzeng7289]

樊振东会成为2024奥运冠军！

[@xiaomingguo205]

小胖确实有一套

[@fabao610]

nem comemora kkkk fosse brasil nuuuuuuuuu KKKKKk por isso o brasil eh tooop cultura lindaaa a nossaaaa . e nao vem falar q eh por que ele ganha todas e ta acostumado nao kkkk. por q eeles sao assim desde d berço kkkk

[@MeatBunFul]

31:41 "excellent backhand job"

[@timzhou3650]

backhand topspint😁

[@ttlifeArtem]

39:17

[@oqilx0n]

3 rd game 2 score what happened?

[@nighter7074]

is ma long on this event?

[@Kaspiy2]

Hi everyone

[@elmoblatch9787]

I like how she says "Love All" at the beginning. It's such a sweet sentiment.

[@BLee-wk2gb]

Dude talked way too much which distracted the viewing experience. I had to turn off the sound some times to have a break of his yapping. Wish to have the commentator turn off option.

[@user-ur7xl1vr1e]

43:24 lmao

[@canicetang8837]

That was back in December 7th, 2021. What the hell is going on?

[@user-yv7uj7sj8z]

张本这几年进步不大，还是只有反手稍强（台内）的特点，正手得分（只会打斜线方向），台内小球处理（不细致），特别是双方相持能力（近台快攻打法弱点显示无遗）显得很稚嫩。不知道教练时候谁，这样下去他一直是一流选手的陪打队员。

[@user-qg1tp7ib5r]

张本现在都不算日本第一了

[@Ponti2009]

Ich liebe Maulkorb Sklaven im Hintergrund.

[@user-qb6hm5es5i]

中国語だけ加油(がんばって)って言葉でまとまって応援できるのなんかずるいｗ まあ今回はシンガポールは中華圏だからしょうがないけど そして張本は若いプレイスタイルを一貫してるけど、体が大きくなってうまくいってない感じがする 体をうまく作るかプレイスタイルを更新するか、どうにかしないと下がり調子なのかも？

[@mj217she7]

這是最近的比賽嗎？

[@vonlok]

i don't think so, the WTT 2022 Singapore smash will start on March 7

[@bingshengchen9287]

东东见一次打一次把这个假萝卜头，打残他👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@markusting9335]

these two players look very similar .....

[@dwiprastyo9055]

Indonesia present

[@fengxiangxie2810]

No war

[@jameshullihen649]

9th point of first game for Fan should not have counted, should have gone to Tomo because the ball went downward not upward after hitting the edge. Should have been declared a side of table contact.

[@stephenhumble7627]

Your wrong If a ball hits any top edge corner that is part of the playing surface so it's in - just like in tennis if the ball touches even a fraction of the line it is in. Clipping a top edge often does not cause the ball to bounce upwards it may just slow or deflect it's downward fall. The ball it does not have to bounce upwards. The balls downward motion was interrupted because it hit the top edge - if it only hit the side it would have just continued downwards.

[@jameshullihen649]

@@stephenhumble7627 thanks Stevie!

[@mr.commander3947]

OH, man, THat was 5 months ago. OH, man, 5 months later, currently HArimoto just beat LIn gao at europe Budapest to re-cap his champ. I double review both matches between Harimoto vs FAN and Harimoto vs LIN gao. conclusion, Lin likes to back hand block harimoto's attack, this way, LIN gao allows the opponent to attack again again and again, wheneven the opponent's attack is into a glitch, LIn gao counter attack immediately, LIN gao is #7 seed player and his combination skill is as good as anyone-else in the world, BUT,,,, BUT there is one----thing----which is in lots of important tournament's final, LIN is easily fall into a deflation trap, a low mood because LIN gao 's NATURAL anti--emotional immunization level is too low, that cause LIn gao lost many fights in some important tournaments. FAN zhengdong is the best back hand attack player at this point that I rate. since he knows his backhand attack is lethal, then why not use it, he will not use backhand just blocking, he rather use backhand as attacking. playing this way with Harimoto, most likely FAN win the rally. IF you are Harimoto, what do u think about---- FAN, and LIN ? Fan's backhand attack is furious and lightning speed, I called it backhand lethal attack which is very panic for Harimoto, But don't under estimate LIN gao's backhand blocking, even thought is not lethal shot but after 3 or more backhand block shots, harimoto's patience wear out and making return error, then Lin immediately counter attack and score point. , however, this will not put Harimoto into a panic situation. Harimoto will figure out a clue to beat you back. FAN's thunder lightning back hand attack is formidable power which enable to beat harimoto's psychological defense barrier.

[@didikarifprabowo8294]

skill tingkat dewa

[@user-io7xs6vj6z]

Фан очень часто специально бьет в локоть Харимото, от чего он не успевает перестроится и ему не удобно принимать этот мяч

[@samanratnayake8156]

Agree

[@KW3119]

Still the most annoying scream which gives Harimoto's opponent extra drive to smash him. I am happy every time he loses a point - silence is gold!

[@yongli4304]

If Harimoto's vocalization is to relieve stress as he claims, shouldn't he be making one after every shot, instead of just the winning shot?

[@Aliyaaaa]

Of course he wants to direct his stress into hype. By using winning points to vent. Plus there is nothing weirder then shouting when you loose.

[@casper14301]

Think before you speak lol

[@z0uLess]

8:57 I thought that balls that bounce off the table downwards are not counted as a point, when the player who hit the ball was outside of the table when the ball was hit.

[@prem.gohil.]

I lost brain cells trying to read this comment

[@z0uLess]

@@prem.gohil. Maybe you just realized you didnt have them in the first place, but then rationalized that having lost them must be the cause of someone else?

[@christopherdo6875]

I think he means you just need to use commas, otherwise nobody will understand your 4 joined clauses

[@z0uLess]

@@christopherdo6875 like this?

[@omar91704]

😂 what?!? No clue what the second part is saying, “when the player who hit the ball was outside of the table when the ball was hit.”

[@andrewcornell8503]

Agree with 99 per cent of fans: this is a terrible camera angle. Go back to lower, diagonally behind the table.

[@Jagermeistery]

Stop shouting too much will win you a lot of titles. Excessive shouting waste your energy.

[@paulschwarber3351]

20:36 what's wrong?

[@ngocdiem9910]

harimoto pony stone water, smart, get any fruit screaming like crazy

[@blackcorcer]

i swear if harimoto didn't scream as much he would've had 10x the dans he has right now

[@ausjimooo3695]

agree! he even do not know how to play

[@mushroomzxc7346]

what a terrible camera angle.......

[@wongjason6719]

Dude look how big Harimotos right arm compare to left arm

[@lollipox1178]

Is it just me or harimoto's hair make him look like fzd's younger brother

[@Kim-rh9gt]

it is WEIRD for world No1 play like this, less backhand shoot and no aggessive?