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Like sister like brother, Miwa emulates Tomokazu

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Published in Table Tennis
Friday, 21 February 2020 19:08

The Elite Series, the Nittaku Cup, men’s singles and women’s singles events were staged; it gave junior players a chance to match their skills against more seasoned opponents, in the past it has also given those seasoned opponents the frights of their lives.

In 2020, both scenarios were witnessed, the names in question, 15 year old Prithika Pavade from France and Japan’s 11 year old Miwa Harimoto. They competed in the women’s singles event.

Following success in the quarter-finals, Prithika Pavade beating Sweden’s Christina Källberg (11-5, 11-8, 11-7) and Miwa Harimoto overcoming Saki Goto, a Japanese student currently studying in Sweden (11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6), the two met in the semi-final round.

Tables turned

The previous day when they had faced each other in the junior girls’ singles event at the same stage, Prithika Pavade had won in six games (13-11, 13-11, 7-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9); in the elite women’s event, Miwa Harimoto extracted revenge, she prevailed in four games (11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6).

A place in the final booked it was defeat at the hands of Aoi Kurono, also from Japan, a defender and like Saki Goto studying at university in Sweden; Miwa Harimoto was beaten in four games (3-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5).

Turn back five years

Thus Miwa Harimoto matched her elder brother Tomokazu. Likewise in 2015, when 11 years old, he reached the men’s singles elite class final; at the quarter-final stage he beat Egypt’s Omar Assar (11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 12-10), before overcoming Sweden’s Jens Lundqvist (11-6, 10-12, 11-2, 11-9) to reach the title decider, where China’s Xu Hui ended progress (11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-2).

Since those days, in the ensuing five years, Tomokazu Harimoto has enjoyed staggering success, what riches lay in store in the next five years for Miwa Harimoto?

Results

Men’s Singles Elite Class


Satoshi Aida (Japan) bt Hampus Nordberg (Sweden) 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 4-11, 11-9


Hampus Nordberg (Sweden) bt Wu Jiaji (Dominican Republic) 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 12-10
Satoshi Aida (Japan) bt Pär Gerell (Sweden) 11-9, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7


Wu Jiaji (Dominican Republic) by Taiyo Uemura (Japan) 11-8, 11-3, 8-11, 7-11, 11-4
Hampus Nordberg (Sweden) bt Narihisa Iwanaga (Japan) 11-2, 11-9, 11-7
Pär Gerell (Sweden) bt Per Sandström (Sweden) 11-7, 11-5, 11-6
Satoshi Aida (Japan) bt Jens Lundquist (Sweden) 7-11, 11-13, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9

Women’s Singles Elite Class


Aoi Kurono (Japan) bt Miwa Harimoto (Japan) 3-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5


Miwa Harimoto (Japan) bt Prithika Pavade (France) 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6
Aoi Kurono (Japan) bt Jennifer Jonsson (Sweden) 11-2, 11-3, 11-7


Prithika Pavade (France) bt Christina Källberg (Sweden) 11-5, 11-8, 11-7
Miwa Harimoto (Japan) bt Saki Goto (Japan) 11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6
Aoi Kurono (Japan) bt Yumeko Takayama (Japan) 11-4, 11-4, 11-5
Jennifer Jonsson (Sweden) by Juna Mochizuki (Japan) 12-10, 11-8, 16-14

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