French pair finished second in Melbourne

June 12, 2016
11:13 pm
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Antoine HACHARD and Romain RUIZ lost from Takuya JIN and Yuki MORITA from Japan in the final clash of Australian Open Men`s Doubles event

French players Antoine HACHARD and Romain RUIZ finished as runner-up of the Men`s Doubles event at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Australian Open (Challenge) in Melbourne. They lost to Takuya JIN and Yuki MORITA from Japan in the final clash of the Men`s Doubles event – 3:0 (11:5 11:9 12:10). Previously they had a very close match against Singaporean pair CHEN Feng/LI Hu.

In the final game of the Men`s Singles event two top seeds met as no. 1 seed Jun MIZUTANI (Japan) defeated LI Hu (Singapore) 4:0 (11:8 11:4 11:5 11:6). It was the third MIZUTANI`s title this year after Poland and Slovenia.

Four Japanese players appeared in the semi-final of Women`s Singles event. Hina HAYATA eliminated top seeded Hitomi SATO in the semi-final duel playing full seven games 4:3 (5:11 11:7 10:12 11:4 9:11 11:9 11:9). In the ultimate chapter HAYATA overcame Yuka ISHIGAKI in five games.

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