was reversed by Moregard, Hayasuke Togami failed to win the men's singles medal at the World Table Tennis Championships for Japanese table tennis after 46 years

On May 23, local time, the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships ushered in the 7th day of the competition, and the men's singles quarterfinals were held. In the quarterfinals of the men's singles, Japan's Hayasuke Togami faced SwedenMoregaardWar. If they win, the Japanese table tennis team will win the men's singles medal for the first time in 46 years since Seiji Ono in 1979. In this regard, Hayasuke Togami will compete from the first game.

Japan's Hayasuke Togami

In the first game of the contest, even ifMoregaardHayasuke Togami, who took the initiative and used a long serve, would also chase the game to 10-all, and finally took the lead 16-14. In the second game, Togami continued to play with the momentum of the first game, winning 11-3.

In the 3rd inning, ifMoregaardShowing a good defense into a stalemate, Togami will be invited to make mistakes, only to seeMoregaardLeading the way. Household chased fiercely, but failed to achieve the effect, so he could only watchMoregaard11-7 to pull one back.

In the fourth game, Togami, who reinserted the gears again, made no mistakes and relied on offense to take the lead. However, it wasMoregaardengulfed by the chase. 11-8，MoregaardRewrite the game score to 2-2.

As the 5th game of the battle of Tennoyama was a dizzying battle of alternating initiatives, Togami mastered the game point first, but inMoregaardUnder the chase, the score was chased to 10 draws. Although Togami's offense is strong, due to overlapping mistakes,MoregaardWon 12-10 and was one step away from winning.

In the 6th game, in the attack and defense of one advance and one retreat, Togami played the role of a chaser all the way, although he once chased 9-9, but in the final stageMoregaardThe ability to grasp the key points was stronger, and the victory was sealed 12-10. In this game, Togami won the first two games, but finally lost 2-4 in the game and suffered miserablyMoregaardreversed, and missed the medal.

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Hayasuke Togami (Imuraya Group) 2-4Moregaard

16-14 / 11-3 / 7-11 / 8-11 / 9-11