Germany’s Ruwen FILUS reached the final of the WTT Middle East Hub – WTT Star Contender Doha. For the title he will play against Japan’s Tomokazu HARIMOTO the player who thwarted Germany’s hopes for all-German final by beating OVTCHAROV. On his way to the ultimate stage Ruwen halted the advance of Slovania’s Darko JORGIC (11:9 9:11 11:4 8:11 11:5 11:7).
“After losing the fourth game after a high lead I was a bit worried. But I continued to put a lot of attack on and it paid off. I’m glad I made it to the final and I’ll do my best against HARIMOTO tomorrow. Maybe it’ll be enough ” said FILUS.
So far the two opponents have played against each other twice: FILUS won the German Open in 2018 HARIMOTO prevailed at the Austria Open in 2019.
Top seeded player in the event Tomokazu HARIMOTO avenged his last week’s defeat and overcame Dimitrij OVTCHAROV. Winning row of 8 matches came to an end for Germany’s player after six games today (8:11 11:8 11:8 11:13 11:7 11:7). Last week OVTCHAROV beat HARIMOTO in semis before he won the tournament.
Jörg ROSSKOPF analysed: “It was a very high-class match. Dima played very well. But in the fifth and sixth game with 5:0 and 5:1 Dima was a little lacking in focus. This time the small points went to Harimoto that made the difference today. “
Elizabeta SAMARA also suffered defeat in the semi final. Singapore’s FENG Tianwei proved too strong (8:11 4:11 3:11 5:11).
Tomorrow in the final of the Men’s Doubles Event Alvaro ROBLES of Spain and Ovidiu IONESCU of Romania will play against LEE Sangsu and JEOUNG Youngsik of Korea. Today they overcame Japan’s pairings Mizuki OIKAWA and Yukiya UDA (10:12 11:7 11:5 6:11 13:15).
