Japan's Table Tennis Shocks! Ace Loses to 'World No. 344'... After Shouting "We'll Win Even If Not at 100%", Eliminated in Quarterfinals Without Medal

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[OSEN=Reporter Ko Seong-hwan] Tomokazu Harimoto (23), who was full of confidence, could not avoid a shocking elimination. Although Harimoto led Japan to a gold medal in the team event by defeating China, he packed his bags in the quarterfinals of the individual event. On the 26th, in the men's singles quarterfinals of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games table tennis held at Sky Hall Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Harimoto lost to Iran's Noshad…

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In the quarterfinals of the men's singles at the Aichi/Nagoya Asian Games (held on the 26th at Sky Hall Toyota), world No. 3 Tomokazu Harimoto (Kinoshita Group) was defeated 3-4 by world No. 344 Noshad Alamiyan (Iran), ending his tournament in the top eight...