Olympic Games | 4 Aug 2021

Germany progressed to the final of the Olympic Games

Germany booked their place in the final of the Men’s Teams Event at he 2020 Tokyo Olympics. On their way to the ultimate stage they overcame Japan in full distance thriller.

The early advantage goes to Germany in the closing fixture of the day, with Timo BOLL and Patrick FRANZISKA combining to doubles success against their Japanese counterparts. Jun MIZUTANI and Koki NIWA did well to recover a two-game deficit to force a decider, but BOLL and FRANZISKA held their nerve to edge the contest 3-2.

Tomokazu HARIMOTO beat Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (7-11, 13-11, 11-5, 11-9), to level the match, before Timo BOLL pug Germany in lead once again. He beat Jun MIZUTANI in four games (11-7, 11-13, 7-11, 7-11).

Tomokazu HARIMOTO proved too strong for Patrick FRANZISKA (5-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-9) and the match moved to decider. In the last duel OVTCHAROV overcame Koki NIWA in straight games (9-11, 7-11, 8-11)

China proved too strong for Germany as the trio of CHEN Meng, WANG Mangyu SUN Yingsha defeated their German opponents 3-0 to set up a clash with Japan in the Women’s Team final. The Germans could not find an answer against the dominant Chinese as Petrissa SOLJA and SHAN Xiaonan fell early with an opening 3-0 loss to CHEN and WANG. SUN continued the charge for China by taking down HAN Ying in straight games 3-0. SOLJA took a game off Chen but the world number one would recover quickly and win her next three games.