[WTT] Felix LEBRUN vs Tomokazu HARIMOTO H/L | WTT Champions Montpellier 2024

Download and watch it live on SporTV Now app. The world's number 8, from Japan, Tomokazu Arimoto! And the world's number 7, from France, Félix Legrand! The last time that they played was here in France at the Olympic Games with Félix Legrand saving match points to clinch it in the men's team semi-final. Here you can see as well, the fact they've played two other times on the WTT stage, the Saudi smash and the star contender loop. Legrand to begin. The noise in here. It's been electric the whole week. WTT champions Montpellier. So many of the world's best came, saw a chance but have been conquered. This is it. For me, Félix is so much stronger with the service game. Yeah, we'll see a lot of that as this contest goes on. Long services, probably from both players. As I mentioned, very strong backhands on both sides. They'll be looking to eliminate the possibilities of their opponents stepping in with the backhand flick as often as possible. Starting as he means to go on the Frenchman, and he takes it. Félix Legrand! More use of the wrist, obviously, in that backhand when Félix is exploding into it. 7-0. In the backhand position. Right now, too much for Harimoto. A man in Moulin, who you know yourself, Gavin. Yeah, meteoric rise for Nat Moulin as a coach. Not only the Legrand brothers, he's come up with them. Moulin now finds himself here. Champions final with Félix Legrand. Shakespeare couldn't write it. 5-9. Just looks written in the stars for Félix Legrand. He's had his feathers ruffled here, the peacocking Japanese player. 10-6. Brash here, Félix Legrand. Possessed by his ambition. Relentless pressure from Féfé Legrand. He's a game away from standing at the very, very top of the podium here at this Champions Homecoming event. Félix Legrand looks like the man destined to win it. When the iron's hot with the forehand, it's not looking any worse than it usually is here, but Félix... He's got his racket on every ball so far. Just moves with his footwork. You can hear the patter. As he anticipates where that ball's going to come to, to make these shots possible. But it's an obstacle. But it looks to be sawn off. The way that Félix can still attack that so powerfully. Well then. You're not bageling me, says Tomokazu Harimoto. Not in this men's singles final. Every game is going to be a must-win game. The ambience. What on... The appreciation. Not just for favourite players, but all players. Best 32. The creme de la creme here at this Champions event. The last game. What does he need to continue looking to do? Harimoto just hasn't been able to express himself like he did against Benedikt Düder. At the quarter-finals of the European Championships in Linz recently. Félix from the men's doubles with his brother Alexey beating Moragard and Chalabri in the final. But this... This right here would be as well as the Olympics his biggest achievement today. Definitely his biggest WTT achievement. A little bit of luck there for Félix. Situation. This is going to be it, surely. He's the champion here. This was written in the stars from the beginning. We always knew it was going to be a LeBron winner, didn't we? It had to be. And Félix LeBron has done it. What an incredible result for Montpellier. What an incredible result for France. What an incredible result for the story in World Table Tennis. I don't think I've seen anything quite like this in World Table Tennis. Félix LeBron is the champion of the Champions Montpellier. He's going to get on the table. He's the king of the castle. Here's his trademark. And now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your WTT Champions Montpellier 2024 men's singles finalist from Japan Tomokazu Harimoto. May we now invite Gilles Herbe, FFTT president, to present the finalist trophy to Harimoto. Thank you, Tomokazu and Gilles Herbe. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your WTT Champions Montpellier 2024 men's singles champion from France Félix LeBron. Petra Thorling, ITTF president and IOC member to present the champion's trophy.