Tomokazu Harimoto vs Kenta Matsudaira | 2018 Bulgaria Open Highlights (1/2)

Review all the highlights from the Tomokazu Harimoto vs Kenta Matsudaira Match from the 2018 Bulgaria Open
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[@Xaocka]

The crowd cheered for 1 minute after win! Longer than any other match! The crowd was happy to see Tomokazu Harimoto lose, so that the audience would not have to hear his triple screaming after each point. Well done, Kenta Matsudaira!

[@24ghosh24]

And Kenta strikes again.. He's like a lifeline graph.. Going up n down in his career like no-one else.

[@FBR2169]

I really hope he is more like covid19 cases graph in my country.... exponentially skyrocketing up til now...

[@TheTrueShadowphoenix]

Goodness, what a game. I don't even dislike Harimoto I'm just hyped for seeing Kenta at this level again.

[@joannal.7998]

Yep i hope that this continues!

[@danielh6559]

Congratulations Kenta ! Very consistent performance in this tournament.

[@thivancao705]

Welcome back Kenta! My idol

[@namhuggies498]

Thị Vân Cao hehe. K ngờ e gặp a ở đây luôn

[@ow5319]

i always liked the way Kenta played but i have never seen him this aggressive, tricky and tactical. fantastic to watch and i must admit even more entertaining as Xu Xin and i never thought i would say this. watching this reminds me why i love this game.

[@murkel1849]

Kenta back on track After 2009 and 2013? Lovely playstyle, tactical as well! Go Kenta!

[@ramendaisuki205]

][ So happy for him, the new plastic ball really fucked up his game, glad to see him on a finals again!

[@basta60]

Kemta is my favorite player since I started playing 7 years ago. Just when I thought it is over for him, kenta recovered back at it again! As soon as he stop doing pendulum serve he started to get some victory. I want to see those serve again, so sad it is not practical now.

[@thecolinisthepanda]

Wow great game, Kenta had amazing fh flicks

[@Souleater_XXX]

Matsudaira is my newest favorite player. He's really something else :)

[@FD1CE]

Thank U Kenta. Love U playing such this

[@virgilsoames]

Wow, always love watching Kenta play at this level - he's got such a strong mid-distance game, with such nice placement when it works right!

[@hirit418]

Thank you, Genta Harimoto is twice as loud in the finals ... You have protected our eardrums.

[@seppwurzel8212]

Watching Harimoto games is always a pain and only possible with sound turned off.

[@kowal767]

He is out , oh god what a relief.

[@n1ira]

It's unbelievable how much negativity is in the comments every time Harimoto plays.. For gods sake you can't win just by screaming. It's spelled "Kenta" btw

[@BeijungTaichiSchool]

Wrong way! Kenta has protected Harimoto from getting smashed by Xu Xin.

[@shenzhenpingpong]

Masterful match from Matsudaira, used his full bag of tricks. Matsudaira played with placement and good variation, and kept Harimoto from getting into his groove. Particularly notable was his forehand flick - now a lost art in the banana era. He also served well and usually kept the ball tight. And when he got the chance to forehand loop, Matsudaira was able to do recover fast for the next one, keeping the advantage and preventing Harimoto from countering.

[@genericign]

Saw no dislikes and I knew who won already 🙄

[@noahjackson4185]

Ch Sung haha same, I also got spoilered by the likes

[@cagsanozbek4210]

9 dislikes now. Probably his gf, mother, dad, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, brother and himself.

[@nkallen123]

gf? are you kidding? any girl like him? hands up please....

[@arcaneben9171]

Lol you stole my words 😂

[@두부두부-m9z]

Same here hahahahaha

[@Twiddle_TV]

Haven't seen that chop block for a while! Good game Kenta-san.

[@joycechoi829]

My idol is back😭Kenta!!!

[@童帝ペンギン-o4s]

マツケンの方を応援しちゃった人は少なくないはず

[@Raphael-jo1rp]

Happy for Kenta. The guy is there since a decade, and hasn't shine much recently so it's a good thing !

[@ansonc9279]

seeing Kenta playing aggressive and his fire Just Love it!!

[@phigo4kins]

Well Play Kenta. I've Never Seen Kenta M Work So Hard. That's a Pretty Boy, Winning Some Pretty Awesome Points. 👌👍

[@cllllllllll]

Let the Sempai show him how to win gracefully and how important it is to be classy. Kenta Matsudaira is the exemplary Japanese player.

[@Kevin-zl3ci]

Clive L I agree. Not as loud as Harimoto but still more energy than Niwa. Kind of like Jun but more awesome to watch

[@alexdelarge5703]

The not classy has just beaten the best in the world

[@tk1ngatk1nga]

Great game. Been waiting for Kenta to show his skills after some epic matches he had with Ma Lin some years ago, both very good players but Kenta has played and held his own against the likes of the great Ma Lin and Xu Xin, great to see him on track again.

[@gustavoc6812]

At least the haters will have to think about something other than his screams in final. Maybe something about table tennis for a change? That being said I'm happy for kenta, I miss his good old days.

[@gustavoc6812]

Kenny Edward Mendeleev because that's all you can say here.

[@johndennis4261]

Good old days, hope there's a lot more to come from Kenta💪

[@liaky0089]

ありがとうございました

[@knotwilg3596]

Kenta played great table tennis here and all you can talk about is Harimoto's screams?

[@pancakeninja445]

Kenta's play style is awesome !

[@mizuhabass]

どうかオリンピックの時もこの調子であってくれ…😥😥

[@哥真理]

I love Matsudaira's play style, fast and at the same time killer, and polite unlike his opponent... exciting match (where is Matsudaira's signature serve?)

[@あまわら]

マツケン海外からめっちゃ愛されてて草

[@RingerUA]

Кента очень хорош!интересные хитрые подачи.Разнообразные,скрытные....здорово

[@PhiBrian]

9:30 point of the century

[@qoo1723]

👍good job！Kenta 君，my favorite jp player.

[@Vinay_Reddy_Sudini]

Just an unbelievable game from Kenta, so much of fake shots, even on a screen it's hard to predict his next shot, I wonder how difficult it'd be for his opponent, got to see how the final will be against a Chinese.

[@sanashy9024]

*Matsudaira’s touch game is top class!*

[@peternguyen1899]

I believe this is why you need to respect your senpai.

[@hillsideonly]

Peter Nguyen Yes, Onii chan must be respected

[@ss-cj4lo]

Senpai yamete~~

[@kenji2787]

No please don’t stop

[@marcosmusixpcmusicam]

He knew he must be patient and concentrated to win, congrats!

[@mikimakimizu]

Yay for Kenta ❤️

[@kartek88]

Good luck in final Kenta, hope to see exciting match.

[@thisisisa88]

Experience. That is what make them different. Good game boy. Don't give up. Even ma long lose so many times against wang hao. Only then, ma long can be a world champion.same goes to fan zhen dong. Believe in hard work. It will be payoff sooner or later.

[@BaSO4-007]

Impressive! I knew Matsudaira had a good chance against screamoto given his close-to-table fast-counter-attack playstyle.

[@みきパラ]

松ケンおめでとうございます！ 覚醒したみたいだねー

[@Spacevet]

This make me so happy!!! :)

[@HungPham-nf5ur]

Kenta is BACK boys!!!! GO KENTA!!!!!

[@BagarraoEduardo]

I don't dislike Harimoto too, but he will have time! Kenta deserves it, true sportmanship, and he's back again!!! :D

[@tt-with-Akihiko]

awesome comeback. just like good old days

[@hillsideonly]

Hey !!!!!!, Why isn't nobody talking about the around the net beauty by Harimoto!!!🙌

[@herikhi7315]

It's awesome but it's meager compared to the beautiful touch play that Kenta showed in this game. A series of soft inside-out forehand flicks and a couple of well-prepared chopblock, such an intriguing scheme.

[@zip1982besh]

Kenta Matsudaira legendary player

[@ericzxl]

Kenta is amazing

[@pukulu]

good win for Matsudaira.

[@Darkdumdaedoodede]

Kenta on fire

[@GenyaArikado]

Go Kenta!

[@aerotus888]

Kenta was a beast! So much speed.

[@ドナルドマクドナルド-s4m]

どっちが勝っても嬉しかったけど、格下が格上に勝つってのは、ドラマチックで好き。

[@andresrossi9]

Fortunately we can breathe for another open

[@youhyunnam9426]

Glad to see matsudaira back. That being said, I'm surprised that he is shorter than harimoto.

[@anonymousentity5106]

He is never tall lol. Almost same height as Niwa if i remember correctly

[@hillsideonly]

seems Harimoto thought he'd have it easy, his look at the end when they made the handshake said it all, he just can't believe it

[@lgeiger]

Kenta plays so much more aggressive now. Great backhand, great forehand, mostly close to the table. He's always been one of my favorite players. Great seeing him play that well again. Harimoto's screaming is getting absurd. Three years ago nobody said anything because he was so young, but as he's getting older, it's getting more and more ridiculous.

[@pacodado1944]

Poowww! Thats the Kenta Matsudaira I want and missed!

[@ttsnap]

amazing performance by kenta, lots of variations, and (to me a bit surprising) quite hard and effective forehand tops and flips. but i fear this won't work against xu xin, who will play tactically quite similar as against niwa, with tons of underspin, so kenta can only do soft topspins to be killed by xu. underspin- and sidespinblocks won't be a problem for xu xin aswell.

[@田中太郎-g3p]

なんか色んな部分で嬉しいわー！

[@おれんじ-e5t]

4〜5年に1回覚醒するのやめてくれぇ… マツケンの戦い方って天才型そのものだから期待しちゃうじゃん

[@綿棒-m2d]

manmos man でも今までの4年に一度のジンクスは破った

[@毛利tあやたか放送局員]

たぬきち え、そうじゃね

[@ドナルドマクドナルド-s4m]

毛利tあやたか放送局員 にわかなんだよ。ほっとけ。

[@ラーメン大好き-b5q]

たぬきち 確かに去年活躍して世界ランキング１１位ぐらいになってたねー　その後怪我で最近まで試合出てなかった…

[@ラーメン大好き-b5q]

そうですねー怪我前は全然負けてなかったですねーただ格上の選手には簡単に負けてましたが…(中国人選手以外は)

[@farhad0019]

One of the best Kenta

[@sunggutetris8311]

"Ken'ta be stopped!" haha priceless.

[@enthymeme4856]

Awesome match!

[@mxbxx]

Two different approach, noise harimoto and cool matsudaira, I'm glad matsudaira wins

[@rninesaver8079]

2:04 the score board have no shame?

[@jonnybaumhaus3903]

rnine saver why

[@Marcelo-dh7mk]

Points were wrong. They corrected.

[@brunospasta]

The (1/2) always confuses me on these videos. I am still looking for the second part!

[@DimaKats2]

That black forehand of Kenta looks really nice for a change of the standard red he had 😁

[@wilsonanwar6152]

HARIMOTO the next jav actor

[@angeloyo2842]

Kenta is a good player

[@yuansjbsjsbs]

Nice match

[@デカグース大統領]

松ケン調子良すぎる時何でも入るの笑える

[@ぷぷぷーん-q6o]

途中はりもとも調子あがってきてたのに抑えこんだのすごい

[@gaboelexo]

yes¡¡¡, one step for the championship title, lets go kenta.

[@whatevereyewant]

Kenta be stopped...Ohh Adam, what a dad pun lol. Hope you’re doing well man if you see this.

[@AdamBobrow]

Tyler Russin thanks,Tyler 8>)

[@hillsideonly]

Adam Bobrow Hi,

[@hillsideonly]

Adam Bobrow I've always wanted to ask you, I'm not familiar with abbreviations and connotations, like you writing 8)*, please what do these things please ( and xd)

[@dorathykeung]

Herbdoulaye Yousef its just a happy face smiling don't u see XD

[@hillsideonly]

dorathykeung So xd means happy face smiling?

[@Leejungwoo48]

So disrespectful of Harimoto to scream like that against a teammate. Someone also couldn't keep score first the first 2 games lol. But amazing play by Kenta!

[@yadayadayada6351]

Kenta, my man

[@ChessArmyCommander]

Poor little guy. Losing is even worse when you're that young.

[@novakingthegreat7788]

Seeing a loud player as if he won the game already lose damn i could watch this all day

[@kyawasen]

健太さん優勝してくれ

[@Enigmaprince]

Oh is this semifinals? I thought the 1/2 was meant as part 1 of 2 lol

[@jameslivesey8322]

8:27 love that block.

[@興梠勝-u1d]

なんか嬉しいわ。いろんな意味で！

[@あげもち-d4b]

ぁあ、マツケン兄弟のプレースタイルほんとすき

[@ericdoh6607]

Matsudaira is my second favourite player. but like its a bit weird when sometimes it sounds like he's saying "yoooh" not "cho"

[@nomak7990]

Kenta looks 10 years more young,.wkakaka

[@ichtube]

The annoying kid with his psychological war game was shown some real table tennis. Kenta's forehand flicks were just amazing.

[@森氏-o5p]

これは嬉しい

[@jchow7607]

Why did Kenta give up on the tomahawk serve?

[@何信諺-y9d]

He uses that just when his situation is difficult. If his special service is revealed by someone, it won’t be as harmful as before.

[@СамоучкаДмитрий]

Кента КРАСАВЧИК ПРОСТО!!!

[@chensir3]

張本應該想不到吧

[@qfksspecial7866]

Whatis this random go back one frame effect?

[@israelsanabria1676]

Should Harimoto play for Japan in Tokyo 2020? If yes, he, Matsuidara and Mizutani should be the Japanese team for the Olympic Games

[@ありおす-z9z]

調子いいときの松平健太くんのバックドライブは素晴らしいな

[@いか-f2j]

マジで応援してる

[@アパンダ-y8b]

松ケン調子良かったねー にしても中学生でワールドツアー毎回ベスト8以上まで普通に残る張本は異常 段々感覚麻痺してくるわ

[@hillsideonly]

everyone is so desperate to see xu xin vs harimoto in the final so harimoto can win this time, kenta why you break their dreams bruv, they have hearts too, they'll not sleep well tonight

[@naokikamiya1333]

流しが美しい！

[@travelator3035]

To all the pro players out there, you can win or lose against any player you play against but when you face Harimoto, you cannot afford to lose against him.

[@xx-jr6yt]

This prooves that you dont have to scream to play good

[@bguan2002]

松平建太初出道時曾經給人很多驚喜，特別是對馬林的那場球，搞得馬林很被動，但是很快就變得平庸了，好幾個日本選手都是這樣，現在的張本和平野美宇也有步松平建太后覆的趨勢。我看還是與日本國家隊的教練的能力有關，無法給好的苗子進一步提高的訓練。

[@yleng8030]

bguan2002 张本智和还不知道，但是健太是完了。当初国梁教练很欣赏很欣赏松平健太，一讲到他眼睛都放光了，恨不得纳入麾下的样子，最后哦还预言日本队也许带不出来，哪知道一语成谶了。

[@stevej1235]

Thanks goodness, no more harimoto screaming in this tournament