Top Points of Day 1 | #WTTYokohama

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360 spin from Asa!
Get that on the highlight reel!
Wonderful forehand attack from Oh Jin Sung!
But look at the limbs and the pirouette from the pharaoh!
Worthy of the pin!
Oh, and again!
What a point to win!
Oh, Tong Tong, that's a beauty!
How did she even find her way back to balance after this one?
She falls into the table.
Recovers.
Unable to come back in and dominate like that.
And look at that one! That's out the pocket!
Couldn't quite come down!
Broke out into knockout punch after knockout punch!
And this one!
Off the net and on!
One Red Bull did so well!
To not only put that on the table, but to put it down with purchase!
Calculates the percentages, takes risks, only win.
No way!
Oh, what play from both players!
Where was Yukiya Uda when he hit that one?
Gymnasts running around the court there, bending and turning.
He's almost out the door.
On the way to the Yamashita part,
the confidence of Pavard starts to go through the roof.
She was sending the ball up to the ceiling!
And then look at the whip on that forehand!
Big counter, up the line.
That is so special!
Around the net.
That is insane!
One Red Bull.
Oh!
What a way to win it!
Kevin, two shots there that were stammied backhand.
Let's take another look.
Hand switch under the table,
and then he delivered that for the win.
No wonder he looked surprised.
Double hand switch.
That's just table tennis at its absolute best from Shinozuka.
Oh, that's magic!
So good!
Here in the Infinity Arena.
He's also got fire in the forehand, Sora.
Because Cho Chi Hao did everything he could.
Corner.
Winging balls at each other.
And even an apology at the end.
Both players giving it everything back.
Even when she's on the attack,
there's a delicacy and a purpose to the way she plays.
She's not just pounding that ball, is she?
It's all about position.
Just setting yourself up.
One or two slower ones.
Find the position.
And when it's the time, get Tagami.
He did it!
I thought the ball went long.
The final shot clip in the back of the net.
Black at the table.
But Duda did so well to stay alive in that one.
Big backhand.
Creating the space with the forehand.
And then it flipped the back edge.
But you know what?
Fortune favors the brave.
And Benedikt Duda now has a 2-1 advantage
over Shunzuki Tagami here.
He needs one more to book a date with Feili.
She's rewarded there for hard work.
The ball just clipped the edge of the table on the way there.
You can see.
What counters from Amarasa!
A sudden, a massive jumping backhand counter
and a forehand to melt as well.
