In Zhang Jike's very last match of his career, he managed to fight until the end, even though he was ten times slower than he used to be. Well done Zhang Jike, your performance will truly be remembered.
Why did he suddenly loose so much of his speed, skill etc and disapeared from The TT scene? He was still very young, was it injuries or something else?
Well played ZJK. No easy 4-0 defeat this time. You fought like a Grand Slam Winner. Even after 3 years of injury and decline you still have a sweeter backhand than any other player in China. Through gritted teeth: well played Harimoto.
@@AhmedAbdullah-me5xb I'm a ZJK fan too, but it looks very unlikely. He hasn't played any major competitions for over a year now. As much as I want to see him play again, I just don't think it's going to happen.
Timo Boll injured quite badly after playing China Open and Japan Open continuously (with stitches!!), Ma Long once said now he is putting more concern on how to avoid injury in every game, ZJK was injured worse and still playing. Harimoto is excellent, but respect to legends that never quit.
As much as it pains me to say..congrats harimoto well played...and one thing is for sure that zhang has improved a lot during this tournament..slowly but surely he is recovering.i hope his injury gets well
LOL. None of your guys had any clue. Both of his parents are Chinese from Sichuan province. Both of his parents are excellent table tennis players in China. When they became Japanese citizen, they had to choose a Japanese last name to replace the Chinese Family name, Zhang. Harimoto is the closed thing in Japanese to Zhang. This is why not all Japanese support Harimoto because they still think he is Chinese, not Japanese! Now you know why he is so good.
The fact that Harimoto kept a clear head and anticipated the long serves of Ma Long and Zhang Jike (players like Liang Jingkun and Fan Zhendong have trouble against them) and also not having trouble returning and attacking their serves, shows just how mature his playing is.
Great tournament win by Harimoto. But as I said many times. ZJK is back! He almost got it done. With a little more consistency and game match experience. He would be even better. He changed his playing style already. Hitting a bit earlier with the heavier ball. Most of all, he played Harimoto the way it was supposed to be done. Move him around, especially to his much weaker forehand side. Capitalize quickly by either hitting the open side or hitting behind him. Use hooking shots and extreme side spins to swerve the ball away from the table . If he could do more and aim for the acute side of the table, that would be perfect strategy. Also keeping the ball low on the serve by a much lower toss would probably help. The Table Tennis game is changed once again. Whomever adapt this the fastest will get the upper hand.
And what happened? Harimoto is 14, and Zhang Jike is 30. He controlled the game. And came back to win it. He will rein the table tennis world for a very long time.
ZJK has changed his style because he has lost his explosiveness. It's the same with Ma Lin around 2010. Playing shorter and shorter points because he's lost the athleticism. He is still really good, but it's hard to imagine him getting anywhere near FZD and ML for the 2020 singles.
Harimoto is more quicker and faster that zj, and harimoto born in poly ball era while zj is more on celluloid ball type that it affects the playing style. The question is what will happen to zj after loosing this event?
OMG, I can only look forward to this new generation and tradition of "Screamers" ! We can witness how both Pong and Tennis screamers can out class each other. Congratulations to the best "Screamer" of all time. He can take it to the next level by loud grunting during the points too.
Sad evolution indeed for such a game of concentration and touch. Harimoto is raping it. People should address the umpires of his unsportsmanship behaviour.
The bottle of this kid is unmatched. He's already a legend. Fantastic player. He plays every point like is the last he will ever have the chance to win, thats why he bursts after each point he wins. At the same time he's respecting the game like anyone i've seen as he appologies after each point he's been a bit lucky. All the credits to him
He was 100% born and raised in Japan but his parents are Chinese pros who moved to Japan. Watch this interview in Chinese. ruclips.net/video/q-MAEIKrjy8/видео.html (next time make sure you know it before answering :)
Zhang Jike is a very big champion. He has adapted his game to the plastic ball and will definitely come back to the top. Harimoto is a great talent and a future champion. It is good for table tennis sports that the top Chinese players get serious competition in table tennis.
Such an amazing game! I have all my respect for Zhang. He fell to the bottom but now he is catching up to the top again! It is definitely not an easy journey. Congrats Harimoto, it's only the start of your bright future. Keep it up.
Fantastic match, amazing balls were played. Congrats to Harimoto - great performance. To those who complain about Harimoto´s yelling: Yes, it can be annoying. But you should realize that he does it to motivate himself, not to disrespect the opponent. Recognize how he turns around every time before yelling, so he doesn´t yell to his opponents face. And he doesn´t yell when he had a lucky ball. It´s a bad habit and maybe he will correct it at some point. But this shouldn´t be a reason to hate on him.
I call your BS, it is disrespectful to your opponent,his team and other players in the room/venue/hall trying to play a game of concentration, he is a lil prick and it DOES NOT IMPROVE, you defenders have been saying this for years. The lil shit only gets worse. Zero sportsmanship l
Considering ZJK performance in this tournament, we can say he's back. Props to Harimoto he improved so much. Hope he can stay in this shape and not get injured when he scream and bend his body. Thanks ITTF and MLFM and TTLondon for long and good quality videos! ^^
as a Chinese. I would love to see someone who can challenge the Chinese team because the game that knows the result is very boring. Congratulations to Japan！
If you don't have google translate, the paid Chinese trolls are giving this guy crap for speaking his mind. Xi Jinping's Ugly China in full display. No opinions but XJPs Opinion allowed.
Congratulations ! Tomokazu Harimoto , the youngest master from Japan . You beat almost all great masters from China . Table tennis in the world has a new chapter , in which your name is written very big and in the first place in the future !!! . Many Greetings from Vietnam .
I am very pleased to see that Zhang jike, after many years of not playing, can come back to international play and start progressing back to his god tier playing
Zhang jike what a man !!! What a player!!!! The real winner if the japan open is zhang jike . His came back was insane . Also he was tired playing 3 opens in a row and there will be korean open
MrRambo That's very shallow statement. Harimoto only won Japan Open and thats it. Who destroyed him last week? And who destroyed him the the ITTF team champ? lol
I watched a video about this kid playing table tennis since he was 2 years old....that kid is coming from long good hard working life... this is not easy and we have to give him a credit for that.
Dont know why people are complaining about screaming. I enjoyed screaming as well. Filled me with passion. I could feel whats going through his mind. Really enjoyed this match. What a champion Harimoto.
Amazing match by both of them. ZJK had much less problems with Harimotos serves than Ma Long did. And when Harimoto started playing him on the body instead of missing those difficult angles, he had the game in his pocket. But ZJK has improved during this tournament, well done.
Can everyone just stop complaining about Harimoto's yelling and start appreciating the greatness we are witnessing? This kid's not old enough to drive, yet he just annihilated the best players in the world!!!
I've watched harimotos past games before this tournament and I can tell you that he has gotten better at trying to scream at the points that matter. He has been apologizing for the net and edge shots now. Also I never liked him before but at this tourney he is so 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥, you cannot deny his passion and unstoppable Force!
Bullshit. He has been doing it from day one and years ago people said "give him time to mature" ... it is only getting worse, he is a little shit and will always be !
Zhang jike is the fastest improving player right now. Even though he lost, this was still a win for him. Losing 0:4 and now coming this close to winning👍🏻 Also jikes backhand is getting insane again. Power wise definitely top two.
Honestly İ don't get angry about Harimoto's screaming. Personally it even motivates me to go to the training and get better. So awesome to see his progression
yes, and i hate it when people say he was disrespectful... whenever he gets an edge or net call he apologizes, he shakes the opponents hands... when fanzhendong and yu ziyang were young they yelled more and never apologized on net calls, matter of fact yu ziyang cheated against mizutani faking an edge ball. respect for harimoto this kid is gonna be a legend...
Just imagine every player would yell as loud and after every point like Harimoto does... There would not be a single fan at tournaments anymore because it's annoying as fuck..
Ron Ger bro if you really feel table tennis with passion, every single point in a game is exciting for you... and he really is fighting for every point! So its not annoying (for me as a spectator) its rather exciting for me
How many of you have felt the intense desire to win so badly that you have to scream for every point?? There is so much raw passion in his game. He isn’t doing it to be disrespectful, he’s doing it because he is continuously demanding the best from himself.. every single point. It’s inspiring. Especially for me...when I routinely give away points from unforced errors..
Harimoto reminds me of ZJK several years ago, when he (ZJK) also screamed on every point. Now ZJK is more composed and humble. He was being cocky back then, i.e. he refused to shake hand after losing one game. People changes.
I like how Harimoto hit the ball and his intensity but those continuous shouts should be forbidden: they deconcentrate the opponent and it's not fair, it's unsportsmanlike!
well, xu xin and lin gaoyuan scream too when they face harimoto, and both of them won... but this is unsportsmanlike, table tennis is not about screaming!
I think both fans and players should respect the sport and their opponent. Nothing wrong with the screaming because it gives some energy I believe but there should be a decibel limitation. Sometimes, those screams are annoying.
@@pique3124 well, it's pretty disrespectful if you scream like a pig during unforced errors. I couldn't watch even 2 minutes of this video. Harimoto is good, but screaming can be distracting and unsportsmanlike
A lot of people who used to hate this kid because of his screams are now big fans of him. Harimoto is going places, his tenacity and energy is getting him the respect of people all over there world. Chinese players are now awared of his potential, lets see how they are going to counter attack this japanese prodigy.
I am so happy for Zhike that he is back to the podium. He is only thirty and is 7 years younger than Timo Boll. Hope we will see him figthing with the best players - it will be very interesting.
I argue that in table tennis there's rarely such a thing as an unforced error, most of the time there's some amount of credit to give to the opponent, be it because of placement or spin
To be clear, I think Harimoto is a very good player and he definitely deserved to win this. But to me it feels like ZJK is making too many unnecessary errors, even more so in his earlier matches. He might never get back to his old form, but nonetheless it's great to see him play again at this level.
We all know that this bout is actually the win of ZJK.His back was paining but he gave more than he could.I respect Zhang Jike. Harimoto well played champ.You gotta be careful because Ma Long is going to kick your ass really hard.
interesting fact is that Japan is unable to have their own prodigy in tabletennis so they let chinese Players come to Japan and make them japanese Citizen … just like harimoto… both his parents are chinese...
It is true that everything about Zhihe is Chinese, I think the fact that he's good at table tennis is just a fortunate coincidence. Of course him being so good helped with getting that naturalized status but I don't think when the Japanese let his parents settled in Sendai they were doing it to recruit talents. They might have just wanted more coaches for their Japanese teams.
I wanna see this Harimoto against Liam Pitchford or Hugo Calderano haha. It would be interesting...;) By the way congrats Tomo to this Japan Open win Jike is evolving slowly, yeeeah
Aurelian Tihi It is nice though that there seems to be more dynamic now between the different styles. The Chinese seem to be having the most trouble with Harimoto's play.
This kid is really good. Chinese team has to treat the game with him seriously. It's always great to see a new good non-Chinese player in ping-pang world. Though I'm Chinese and a fan of Zhang Jike.
Harimoto's skill set is not less than tops of the world ATM. He's just still young. I believe he will be the toughest one to beat for everyone else in the world in nearest future. Hope you avoid any injuries! So pleasant to hear commentators mentioning the name of person from your country) Kirill Gerasimenko
Harimoto is a great player for sure. But I don't like his screaming for every score, even for opponent's mistake. Yelling is because you made a nice shot or that score is really a key point. Always screaming sometimes is unfair for other players.
tom kimura the difference is that in tennis they don’t yell from the top of their lungs after they win every single point. It’s more of grunting when they hit the ball.
Harimoto has a very similar style to FZD. Killer backhand with solid forehand. And they are both young and seem to be up-and-coming. Might be a lot of finals between these two in the next decade...
Congrats young ping-pong genius Harimoto from Japan. Despite of some complicated emotions inherited as a Chinese, I am glad to see more advanced non-Chinese players being threat to our best players. BTW Boll is still playing in 2018?(well I guess most likely Samsonov will still be playing)
HardeBaas sure screaming makes him more confident. But he will learn, in time, that there are other better ways that makes a tt player more confident instead of yelling on top of his lungs. No offense;)
Btw some may argue that ma long is not concentrating, Zhang Jike ain’t in his condition and Zhou Yu hadn’t played for a while. I agree with most, but even if ma was at his best, it would take him 6 games to win. This shows that Harimoto does, for the time being, pose a threat for The Chinese.
I usually watch and read comments at the same time, but not this time, so breath taking, I really wanted zjk to win tho, anyway harimoto is insane, he became very fast imho... congrats to harimoto
In Zhang Jike's very last match of his career, he managed to fight until the end, even though he was ten times slower than he used to be. Well done Zhang Jike, your performance will truly be remembered.
That wasn't his last match. He played Europa vs Asia tournament against Jonathan Groth and Bastian Steger after that I think
Why did he suddenly loose so much of his speed, skill etc and disapeared from The TT scene? He was still very young, was it injuries or something else?
Sebastian Josefsson yes long history of back and hip injury.
he has nothing to prove imo. already established as living legend in the game. sucks to retire early but better be healthy
@@sebastianjosefsson3620 Very serious injuries since 2015.
Well played ZJK. No easy 4-0 defeat this time. You fought like a Grand Slam Winner. Even after 3 years of injury and decline you still have a sweeter backhand than any other player in China. Through gritted teeth: well played Harimoto.
i think someone forgot that fan zhendong is chinese too...
@@joshz6236 May be he is classified as non-human.
Grand Slam Winners don't lose to 14yo blockers.
@@dickn.ormous1064 Harimoto is more than just a blocker.
@@dickn.ormous1064 are you slow?
Seriously, I miss Zhang Zike 😓😞😭 in japan 2019
Who else is missing him ?
I believe he's retired for good.
No he will play Tokyo 2020 Olympics; he has just started training! Man, I would kill to have him win the world cup.
@@AhmedAbdullah-me5xb I'm a ZJK fan too, but it looks very unlikely. He hasn't played any major competitions for over a year now. As much as I want to see him play again, I just don't think it's going to happen.
@@AhmedAbdullah-me5xb Same, but he's not what he was before :(
@@AhmedAbdullah-me5xb what? is this true? But he is not qualified for the world cup this year. Ma Long and Fan Zhendong will play the world cup
HD quality with full-match edit, this is what we like most, thanks!
Timo Boll injured quite badly after playing China Open and Japan Open continuously (with stitches!!), Ma Long once said now he is putting more concern on how to avoid injury in every game, ZJK was injured worse and still playing. Harimoto is excellent, but respect to legends that never quit.
"Hey what a nice looking video, maybe I'll just turn up the volume a litt.... CHOOOOOOAWWWWWWDYY HWPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
I'm dead laughing man 😂
Не понял, что написано, но понял, что хотел сказать🤣 на столько бесит, что смотреть его игры не хочется
As much as it pains me to say..congrats harimoto well played...and one thing is for sure that zhang has improved a lot during this tournament..slowly but surely he is recovering.i hope his injury gets well
His mother is chinese..father is japanese.
get your facts right idiot..you don't know shit.do a bit of research and then come here.
lol don't be so harsh on him dude..
LOL. None of your guys had any clue. Both of his parents are Chinese from Sichuan province. Both of his parents are excellent table tennis players in China. When they became Japanese citizen, they had to choose a Japanese last name to replace the Chinese Family name, Zhang. Harimoto is the closed thing in Japanese to Zhang. This is why not all Japanese support Harimoto because they still think he is Chinese, not Japanese! Now you know why he is so good.
closest, not closed.
Love to watch ZJK, only a true fighter and a true legend can give a true a tuff match having this type of injuries
The fact that Harimoto kept a clear head and anticipated the long serves of Ma Long and Zhang Jike (players like Liang Jingkun and Fan Zhendong have trouble against them) and also not having trouble returning and attacking their serves, shows just how mature his playing is.
Great tournament win by Harimoto. But as I said many times. ZJK is back! He almost got it done. With a little more consistency and game match experience. He would be even better.
He changed his playing style already. Hitting a bit earlier with the heavier ball. Most of all, he played Harimoto the way it was supposed to be done. Move him around, especially to his much weaker forehand side. Capitalize quickly by either hitting the open side or hitting behind him. Use hooking shots and extreme side spins to swerve the ball away from the table .
If he could do more and aim for the acute side of the table, that would be perfect strategy. Also keeping the ball low on the serve by a much lower toss would probably help. The Table Tennis game is changed once again. Whomever adapt this the fastest will get the upper hand.
And what happened? Harimoto is 14, and Zhang Jike is 30. He controlled the game. And came back to win it. He will rein the table tennis world for a very long time.
ZJK has changed his style because he has lost his explosiveness. It's the same with Ma Lin around 2010. Playing shorter and shorter points because he's lost the athleticism. He is still really good, but it's hard to imagine him getting anywhere near FZD and ML for the 2020 singles.
ohh please stop crying like a baby. HE JUST BEAT TWO WORLD CHAMPIONS. Inhale and exhale for GOD sake.
I agree. But I can see him in the semi's of Tokyo 2020.
There no win for harimoto next time cause the king is back
Harimoto should play mixtes doubles tennis with Maria Sharapova !
Sharapova grunts during the point. Harimoto screams after the point.
Good duo looks they are making love !
+Roger Nguyen make love？Sharapova will despise japanese dwarf short man😂
Sakura Mori will suffice as a mixed doubles partner.
it’s funny😂
Legend vs Prodigy!
EmRatThich Table Tennis Coach hey coach...when is your next vid? Haha
EmRatThich Table Tennis Coach so.. is he out of date.?..
Hey coach I think zjk is still better..he only lose for 2 point..we can see zjk slowly back to his form
I think ZJK knew the new trend because of your video . He needs more improvement . EmRatThich can you analyse why tomokazu will win this time ? TY
Harimoto is more quicker and faster that zj, and harimoto born in poly ball era while zj is more on celluloid ball type that it affects the playing style. The question is what will happen to zj after loosing this event?
zhang jike several times holding his back, its telling that he's in pain.. good match! well done harimoto!
OMG, I can only look forward to this new generation and tradition of "Screamers" !
We can witness how both Pong and Tennis screamers can out class each other.
Congratulations to the best "Screamer" of all time. He can take it to the next level by loud grunting during the points too.
Sad evolution indeed for such a game of concentration and touch. Harimoto is raping it. People should address the umpires of his unsportsmanship behaviour.
Jike: “zho. “
Tomo: “ZHOLEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I WON A GODDAMN POINT!!!!!!!!!”
*cho
*cho-le
ainomoto... auto Cho-Leh Hô ... haha
and what every body can scream lol
0 respect
The bottle of this kid is unmatched. He's already a legend. Fantastic player. He plays every point like is the last he will ever have the chance to win, thats why he bursts after each point he wins. At the same time he's respecting the game like anyone i've seen as he appologies after each point he's been a bit lucky. All the credits to him
ZJK’s fans scream v.s. Harimoto’s scream
Omg the noisiest match ever
yes, but Harimoto was born and raised in Japan
Everyone has come to fear the harry moe choe!!
He was 100% born and raised in Japan but his parents are Chinese pros who moved to Japan. Watch this interview in Chinese. ruclips.net/video/q-MAEIKrjy8/видео.html (next time make sure you know it before answering :)
無尾熊 Zhang jike didn’t say shit
*Crybaby* :D
Zhang Jike is a very big champion. He has adapted his game to the plastic ball and will definitely come back to the top. Harimoto is a great talent and a future champion. It is good for table tennis sports that the top Chinese players get serious competition in table tennis.
One of the best matches I've ever seen!
Such an amazing game! I have all my respect for Zhang. He fell to the bottom but now he is catching up to the top again! It is definitely not an easy journey. Congrats Harimoto, it's only the start of your bright future. Keep it up.
Fantastic match, amazing balls were played. Congrats to Harimoto - great performance.
To those who complain about Harimoto´s yelling:
Yes, it can be annoying. But you should realize that he does it to motivate himself, not to disrespect the opponent. Recognize how he turns around every time before yelling, so he doesn´t yell to his opponents face. And he doesn´t yell when he had a lucky ball.
It´s a bad habit and maybe he will correct it at some point. But this shouldn´t be a reason to hate on him.
Watch the video, he doesn´t turn around EVERYTIME...
I call your BS, it is disrespectful to your opponent,his team and other players in the room/venue/hall trying to play a game of concentration, he is a lil prick and it DOES NOT IMPROVE, you defenders have been saying this for years. The lil shit only gets worse. Zero sportsmanship l
Peoples made different isn't 👍👍
he is young, he needs the confidence, apparently through celebrating loudly. He is polite.
I appreciate harimoto for making it easier for me to know who scored a point.
Harimoto has very unique play style. He hits the ball so early and never goes far from the table.
Considering ZJK performance in this tournament, we can say he's back. Props to Harimoto he improved so much. Hope he can stay in this shape and not get injured when he scream and bend his body. Thanks ITTF and MLFM and TTLondon for long and good quality videos! ^^
Weird.. my racket does not do that
neither mine LoL
LMAO.
Think its the backhand rubber..
Ryan Hong you have to clench your fist and yell CHOOO or CHOLEE!! After every rally
r/woooosh
When I'm not sure who won the point, I listen to Harimoto
sooooo true
9:01 Harimoto thinking: wow this guy's backhand banana flick is another level haha
wasn't that an edge?
I think it was just super spinny, it changed trajectory immediately after the bounce, but might have barely caught the edge
but Zhang kinda apologize ... that's why I thought it was an edge
sure, thats what he's thinking
Two great young players to watch again and again for next several years to come.
as a Chinese. I would love to see someone who can challenge the Chinese team because the game that knows the result is very boring. Congratulations to Japan！
傻逼
骂的2层，不是层主
If you don't have google translate, the paid Chinese trolls are giving this guy crap for speaking his mind. Xi Jinping's Ugly China in full display. No opinions but XJPs Opinion allowed.
你这么爱国还上youtube，这是一种怎样的嘴脸
我回复的是2层的走狗，不是层主
Congratulations ! Tomokazu Harimoto , the youngest master from Japan . You beat almost all great masters from China . Table tennis in the world has a new chapter , in which your name is written very big and in the first place in the future !!! . Many Greetings from Vietnam .
Wining two Grand Slam in one single Tournament, amazing.
Tommy Rossi You hit the point. When he first won zjk at China Open last week many of my frns disagreed Harimoto is great.bt now they see.
Asaph Vapor he meant two Grand Slam holders (ZJK, ML)
+Tommy Rossi : I'd agree if I had seen Ma play for real. He just looked absent and without any real will to win.
Yvan Azastrasz Or maybe you didn't watch the match properly. !!
a win is a win. excuses are for losers. failure to prepare is not an excuse.
I am very pleased to see that Zhang jike, after many years of not playing, can come back to international play and start progressing back to his god tier playing
You did Harimoto ,perfect performance
I love Zhang Jikes Topspins backhand and forehand. With so much feeling and spin.
Zhang jike what a man !!! What a player!!!! The real winner if the japan open is zhang jike . His came back was insane . Also he was tired playing 3 opens in a row and there will be korean open
Maryam Ab Here you are again, congrats Harimoto for WINNING! ^^
Ok, whatever keeps you happy. Lol.
HAHA NO HARIMOTO DESERVES THIS WIN BECAUSE HE HAS DESTROYED CHINA THIS YEAR
+MrRambo DESTROYED WHAT？
2018 world cup team championship：China
2018 world table tennis team championship：China😂
MrRambo
That's very shallow statement. Harimoto only won Japan Open and thats it. Who destroyed him last week? And who destroyed him the the ITTF team champ? lol
PHENOMENAL KID, won against two world champions and gold medalist olympians. Keep up the good work kid!
China needs to bring back Liu Guoliang as head coach
nice player
I watched a video about this kid playing table tennis since he was 2 years old....that kid is coming from long good hard working life... this is not easy and we have to give him a credit for that.
He beat both Zhang Jike and his vocal chords in the same match
No one can giving such fascination in TT like Harimoto!
13:54 we can see Jike is suffering after trying hard in the last ball
Dont know why people are complaining about screaming. I enjoyed screaming as well. Filled me with passion. I could feel whats going through his mind. Really enjoyed this match. What a champion Harimoto.
Harimoto screams everytime as if he won the world championship lol
Harry Harrison it probably screams a lifetime
it's crazy
Yes, he aims at annoying the opponents and making them lose concentration. It is not fair play.
thats distract your rhythm. i am like this harimoto when I won the nationals I scream everytime I make a point hahaha. Screaming helps LOL
Irwin Africa But isn't fair
What a match!
I haven't watched anything better.
Amazing match by both of them. ZJK had much less problems with Harimotos serves than Ma Long did. And when Harimoto started playing him on the body instead of missing those difficult angles, he had the game in his pocket. But ZJK has improved during this tournament, well done.
That's one of the better matches I've seen. Wow.
Can everyone just stop complaining about Harimoto's yelling and start appreciating the greatness we are witnessing? This kid's not old enough to drive, yet he just annihilated the best players in the world!!!
Perfect final. Can't get any better.
the new legend
not really
I literally held my breath for the last 4 points of the final set jeeesus
i have the feeling when they ban shouting, Harimoto will be nerfed hard. His power comes from screaming lol.
hahaha
I can see zhang jike suffering from his injury so bad. He Still put up a good fight in the last match before retirement.
I've watched harimotos past games before this tournament and I can tell you that he has gotten better at trying to scream at the points that matter. He has been apologizing for the net and edge shots now. Also I never liked him before but at this tourney he is so 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥, you cannot deny his passion and unstoppable Force!
Bullshit. He has been doing it from day one and years ago people said "give him time to mature" ... it is only getting worse, he is a little shit and will always be !
Zhang jike is the fastest improving player right now. Even though he lost, this was still a win for him. Losing 0:4 and now coming this close to winning👍🏻 Also jikes backhand is getting insane again. Power wise definitely top two.
Honestly İ don't get angry about Harimoto's screaming. Personally it even motivates me to go to the training and get better.
So awesome to see his progression
yes, and i hate it when people say he was disrespectful... whenever he gets an edge or net call he apologizes, he shakes the opponents hands... when fanzhendong and yu ziyang were young they yelled more and never apologized on net calls, matter of fact yu ziyang cheated against mizutani faking an edge ball. respect for harimoto this kid is gonna be a legend...
Nathan Samuel İ totally agree. Especially the point that he always apologizes and not screams if he hits the edge/net👍🏼👍🏼
Just imagine every player would yell as loud and after every point like Harimoto does... There would not be a single fan at tournaments anymore because it's annoying as fuck..
Asaph Vapor As an example for his good behaviour İ can add:
He always runs (fast) to his opponents coach after the game to shake his hand👊🏼👊🏼
Ron Ger bro if you really feel table tennis with passion, every single point in a game is exciting for you... and he really is fighting for every point! So its not annoying (for me as a spectator) its rather exciting for me
two backhand masters
INSANE MATCH
How many of you have felt the intense desire to win so badly that you have to scream for every point?? There is so much raw passion in his game. He isn’t doing it to be disrespectful, he’s doing it because he is continuously demanding the best from himself.. every single point. It’s inspiring. Especially for me...when I routinely give away points from unforced errors..
Harimoto reminds me of ZJK several years ago, when he (ZJK) also screamed on every point. Now ZJK is more composed and humble. He was being cocky back then, i.e. he refused to shake hand after losing one game. People changes.
harimoto is actually much different from jike, though. besides the screaming, he is a pretty humble person
Japan is the new king of tabletennis
I like how Harimoto hit the ball and his intensity but those continuous shouts should be forbidden: they deconcentrate the opponent and it's not fair, it's unsportsmanlike!
well, xu xin and lin gaoyuan scream too when they face harimoto, and both of them won... but this is unsportsmanlike, table tennis is not about screaming!
I think both fans and players should respect the sport and their opponent. Nothing wrong with the screaming because it gives some energy I believe but there should be a decibel limitation. Sometimes, those screams are annoying.
As long as you agree that ovtcharov, fan zhendong and other chinese players scream a lot as well... coz its not just harimoto doing this
annoy to audience especially!
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It's pretty common in Japan🤣
many other players shout like him👌
Congratulations Harimoto from Japan you make the difference go to the Top
Why is everyone hating on Harimoto? He worked hard for where he is at. It doesn’t matter that he yells, just let him be him.
No
I know right. It's not like the shouting is to disrespect the opponent
TukmanPC it kinda is with how he does it. he legit did it when zjk did unforced errors. you're literally rubbing it in their face
I do not think it's that good, but it's very irritable
@@pique3124 well, it's pretty disrespectful if you scream like a pig during unforced errors. I couldn't watch even 2 minutes of this video. Harimoto is good, but screaming can be distracting and unsportsmanlike
A lot of people who used to hate this kid because of his screams are now big fans of him. Harimoto is going places, his tenacity and energy is getting him the respect of people all over there world. Chinese players are now awared of his potential, lets see how they are going to counter attack this japanese prodigy.
恐るべき14歳。
これでまだまだ成長してると言う…
張本選手おめでとう㊗️🎉
Jackey-p go fuck urself
Unbelievably awesome
This kid... JUST UNREAL!
You can see Zhang was in pain and was too tired. He tried to fight till the end. Sadly the injury got him
Amazing match! Congratulations Tomakazu Harimoto!
I am so happy for Zhike that he is back to the podium. He is only thirty and is 7 years younger than Timo Boll. Hope we will see him figthing with the best players - it will be very interesting.
ZJK leading 9-7, final set, does a low percentage flick shot. Went for too much glory.
Awesome match
8:28 Zhang Jike looks like he's in pain still from his injury, putting his arm on his back. Seen this many other times in this match.
Good spot
Even though Zhang Jike lost, im glad to see him playing great again
Zhang has one match point so he could be the winner !
It's a shame Harimoto screams his lungs out everytime ZJK makes an unforced error, this really causes people to lose respect for the kid...
Meurth speak for yourself, kid.
I argue that in table tennis there's rarely such a thing as an unforced error, most of the time there's some amount of credit to give to the opponent, be it because of placement or spin
johnnyy94 True. The only time you have 100% control of the ball is in the serve.
he just young and excited , wouldnt you be if you got point of zjk?
To be clear, I think Harimoto is a very good player and he definitely deserved to win this. But to me it feels like ZJK is making too many unnecessary errors, even more so in his earlier matches. He might never get back to his old form, but nonetheless it's great to see him play again at this level.
Winning two grand slam champions is not easy for a 14 years old. Please give this kid credit for his strength and mental toughness.
We all know that this bout is actually the win of ZJK.His back was paining but he gave more than he could.I respect Zhang Jike.
Harimoto well played champ.You gotta be careful because Ma Long is going to kick your ass really hard.
I feel like Ma Long isn't a good counter to Harimoto's style, Xu Xin or Lin Gaoyuan is a better counter
interesting fact is that Japan is unable to have their own prodigy in tabletennis so they let chinese Players come to Japan and make them japanese Citizen … just like harimoto… both his parents are chinese...
It happens everywhere, Japan has a rugby team who they bought players from New Zealand
It is true that everything about Zhihe is Chinese, I think the fact that he's good at table tennis is just a fortunate coincidence. Of course him being so good helped with getting that naturalized status but I don't think when the Japanese let his parents settled in Sendai they were doing it to recruit talents. They might have just wanted more coaches for their Japanese teams.
Enemyzidfalcon HD dumbass harimoto grew up in Japan that has nothing to do with him being Chinese
ZJK's moves are by far better than ones in Chaina open. Hope him to recover more and get the first place next time.
I wanna see this Harimoto against Liam Pitchford or Hugo Calderano haha. It would be interesting...;)
By the way congrats Tomo to this Japan Open win
Jike is evolving slowly, yeeeah
Yeah he is yet to prove himself against Hugo, Pitchford, Wong, Xu Xin, Lin Gaoyuan and he has trouble vs some choppers too
yeah but ZJ still feels pains on his injury...
He beat Wong Chun Ting twice already... Only lost to him once
Pitchford has already beaten him twice easily
Aurelian Tihi It is nice though that there seems to be more dynamic now between the different styles. The Chinese seem to be having the most trouble with Harimoto's play.
This kid is really good. Chinese team has to treat the game with him seriously. It's always great to see a new good non-Chinese player in ping-pang world. Though I'm Chinese and a fan of Zhang Jike.
Super boy! Congrat!
Harimoto's skill set is not less than tops of the world ATM. He's just still young. I believe he will be the toughest one to beat for everyone else in the world in nearest future. Hope you avoid any injuries! So pleasant to hear commentators mentioning the name of person from your country) Kirill Gerasimenko
I think he screams "GO SHAWTY!!"
lol
Harimoto is the new King of table tennis !
Harimoto is not yet the king of table tennis its going to be harder for him to win the tournaments because everyone know his play now.
No. But he is the king of table tennis in JAPAN. For ever
Yes, sometimes scream works, unless those receiving scream does not know how 2 adjust his or her opponent's worthless scream.
Harimoto played really well but if he played against ZJK in his prime, it would’ve been murder
How does Harimoto have so much energy to scream all the time?
the answer is: cocaine
Witnessing the beginning of a new era..
Harimoto is a great player for sure. But I don't like his screaming for every score, even for opponent's mistake. Yelling is because you made a nice shot or that score is really a key point. Always screaming sometimes is unfair for other players.
Ryan Luo have u ever watched Tennis??lol they scream everytime they hit ball.
tom kimura the difference is that in tennis they don’t yell from the top of their lungs after they win every single point. It’s more of grunting when they hit the ball.
昊 i know for some people it is annoying. but still he is very young and that yelling makes him motivated so it is not a wrong thing to do
You could argue that losing every point *IS* a mistake. If there are no mistakes no one can win the point.
tom kimura Too Broad Strokes, my friend. Also, grunts and point celebration are quite different.
Harimoto is amazing
and he's only 14 yrs old O_o what an amazing talented player :O
Harimoto has a very similar style to FZD. Killer backhand with solid forehand. And they are both young and seem to be up-and-coming. Might be a lot of finals between these two in the next decade...
This kid has some serious issues. This kind of excessive screaming should not be allowed.
for sure it is not allowed by the rules of table tennis. There are no umpires in table tennis. They are point scores only
And these Screamings are Emotions and you can‘t hide these.
So
probably throws some pros off because they don'y like it either.
Soldier of Science maybe but as I said you can‘t hide such big emotions like Harimoto has.
You can't handle it, can you?
Congrats young ping-pong genius Harimoto from Japan. Despite of some complicated emotions inherited as a Chinese, I am glad to see more advanced non-Chinese players being threat to our best players.
BTW Boll is still playing in 2018?(well I guess most likely Samsonov will still be playing)
When he’s mature to the point where he doesn’t scream-he would be unbeatable.
Maybe - just maybe - it pushes him to the point where he can play his best table tennis...
flashclash tt I don't think you get it
HardeBaas sure screaming makes him more confident. But he will learn, in time, that there are other better ways that makes a tt player more confident instead of yelling on top of his lungs. No offense;)
Btw some may argue that ma long is not concentrating, Zhang Jike ain’t in his condition and Zhou Yu hadn’t played for a while. I agree with most, but even if ma was at his best, it would take him 6 games to win. This shows that Harimoto does, for the time being, pose a threat for The Chinese.
I think the scream helps boost his confidence , he's only so young and going up against olympians
What an awesome match.
Great job Harimoto!
I usually watch and read comments at the same time, but not this time, so breath taking, I really wanted zjk to win tho, anyway harimoto is insane, he became very fast imho... congrats to harimoto
Harimoto born in 2003 and 14 y.o
Imagine what he will do in future
His screams will get louder 😂😂