Mak Tin Ian vs Tomokazu Harimoto | MS R32 | #WTTMacao 2026

Interesting, isn't it, that Tomo is poised here to go back-to-back in terms of champions event wins. Won his first one at the first event. You saw him, obviously we all saw him in action recently at Smash level. That's right. Making a statement that he still is the main macho man from Japan. Love it. There's a bit of macho and there's the first win. In the absence of a couple of the big Chinese players, it's those two Japanese stars again. Who will be fancied. Can't say we've ever seen them in a major WTT final against each other. A long way to go here, obviously just day number one. Yeah. Had a bit of a hiatus after 2019. Played a lot of table tennis on the regional level down in Australia. And then really just went off the radar. Have a chance to see another one of their home favourites in action a little bit later on. Yeah, Leung On-Na is going to be in action. Interestingly, in preparation for this match we saw Tomokazu knocking with Sora's personal coach, Masataka Moritsono, yesterday who is a left-handed player and still very active. It's always fascinating to me to see how they put that into the arena rather than the practice hall. They're looking to get used to the conditions as well. Oh, nice spinny flick. 11-2, the game's gone. Now in the T-League as teammates. Oh, beautiful forehand from Tomo. I mean, it's always interesting to manage matches, his tactics. So good. He has got the weapons. He's just got to believe he can just use them now. He actually said that Tomokazu, what happens here, Matt Chin-Yen's going to tell the grandkids about this one. It would be nice to get a point or two on the board, Yeah, otherwise he's not going to give you a chance. He wants out of here. They got in the first one and it could actually be happening right now. Yeah. Tomo's going steamrolling through it. There we go, though. Dangerous player. Maverick. Is it Anders Lind, isn't it? Yes, it is. Anders was superb against Gerardo earlier on today. 3-0. I wouldn't say that much. 8-2. Yeah, and the interesting thing about that is, how does anyone prepare to take on Anders? Good question. Who's his hitting partner for that one? So, eight game points for a two-love lead for the most recent Champions' Champion. And he really is cruising along here, so it's another game to two. Chung Tien in her round of 32 match. Tomokazu actually made it funny. I'm going to be using her personal blade rather than my own. But the way he's playing now is brilliant. It was him and me while sharing the podium together in Yokohama. It was lovely. It was very emotional to be there, and they both made the right kind of comments as well. He gave a lot of... She spoke about him. A very special moment. Four-love. Sees Tomokazu as his idol, his hero. I just wonder if he's been a little bit in awe of him here tonight, because he hasn't really got going at all here, the young man. It's a good question, and you do often... It's not good. Not looking good. This could be over and out fairly quickly. And if it is to be like that, I would love to see an exhibition point. I know the fans would too. Well, he's got a point. Seems like the kind of guy, Matt Chung Yen, that would entertain that, if Tomo's in the mood as well. Yeah. Eight-one. One-nine. Oh, here we go. There you go. That might be as good as it gets, I think, Fraser. It's gone the way of Tomo. I was impressed about Tomo's backhand away from the table. You don't often see him forced back there. Will we see an exhibition? He's still in there. I hope you're wrong, John, but I've got a feeling you aren't. Boom. There you go. Good night. He's out of here. So, that's lovely. Nice moment. Little handshake there for Matt Chung Yen.