Two days before the end of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, who advanced on both fronts, led Japan to maintain a complete victory

In the early morning of the 19th, Beijing time, the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships ended the second day of competition. In a high-profile men's singles first-round match, Tomokazu Jang defeated South Korean star Lim Jong-hoon. It is worth mentioning that in the first two match days, the Japanese team made an all-round attack in five individual events, and all the players who appeared in the first round won the victory, no wonder the Japanese media said after the game, "The Japanese players won the first battle in all events and continue to attack undefeated to this day."

Zhang Benzhi and the men's singles and men's doubles advanced to the second round of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships

Tomokazu Jang faced South Korean star Lim Jong-hoon across the net in the first round, which was originally considered a fierce battle. You must know that Zhang Benzhi and Lin Zhongxun didn't get any bargain in the past, and the hard fight was also expected. However, Tomokazu Zhang did not hold on to the opponent with the electric shock counterattack of the backhand, and finally won 4-1 to advance to the second round. Japanese media said that as the ace of the Japanese men, Tomokazu Zhang showed a very fulfilling appearance in terms of mental skills and physical fitness. Tomokazu Zhang also left a full comment after the game, "I think it was a very good first game. A place that largely cashes in on the turning point of the game. In the game, I don't think about the imminent victory, the next is about to advance, just focus on the 1 goal in front of me." It seems that the world's fourth-ranked Japanese table tennis brother is also looking forward to future competitions.

In addition, the 36-year-old veteran and men's singles player Kenji Matsudaira, who made his final appearance on the Japanese team, also broke through the first match. "[So far] Japan has won all of them, and of course there is all kinds of pressure."

The records of each event on the second day (May 18) of the Japanese athletes are as follows.

Men's Singles First Round

Tomokazu Jang 7, 6, 1, -14, 3 Lim Jong-hoon (South Korea)

Hayasuke Togami 2, 2, 5, 2 Madrid (Mexico)

Kenji Matsudaira 8, 7, 3, 10 Brusa (Algeria)

Women's Singles First Round

Miu Hirano - 8, 6, 5, 7, 5 Denut (Luxembourg)

Miwa Zhang Ben 8, 15, -9, 9, 7 Diaconu (Ukraine)

Hina Hayada 6, 5, 9, 12 Diaconu (Romania)

Men's Doubles First Round

Shinozuka Otobo/Hayasuke Togami 9, 8, 9 Kurchicki/Reginski (Poland)

Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Teruku Matsushima 4, 5, 1Jeremy Dee/Morisot (New Caledonia)

Women's Doubles First Round

Satsuki Oto/Sakura Yokoi5,6,5 Machiunina/Bratiko (Ukraine)

Mixed Doubles First Round

Maharu Yoshimura/Satsuki Oto 8, 7, 7 Isaac Kuek / Tsang Jian (Singapore)