FULL MATCH | LIN Gaoyuan (CHN) vs NIWA Koki (JPN) | MS R16 | #ITTFfinals 2020

And this is something you don't see very often under normal circumstances. Game 1 started already. Game 3 started already. Tomokazu. Yesterday, Jiang Wujing saving 2 match points to actually tap out in the end in the decider to beat Harimoto. Tomokazu, surprisingly, avenging himself for the loss that he had. He suffered from the just concluded World Cup in Wuhai. So Jiang Wujing will be the person awaiting the winner of this match in the men's quarterfinals tomorrow. Two lefties battling it out. You don't see this kind of situation very often, but it does happen. Wow, so lucky. Pushing the ball to the edge and it catches the edge right there near the white line. Talking about a lefty player from Japan. Also, we cannot forget about Mitsutani Jun, who is nurturing his injury right now. And he certainly would like to team up with Mima in the Tokyo Olympics for the doubles, for the mixed doubles. And Japan certainly has a great shot right there up against, perhaps, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen. Talking about Liu Shiwen, who also is actually absent from this tournament, nurturing her injuries. So everything is really gearing up for the upcoming Tokyo Games next year. Returning a bit too short. Niwa Koki sending the ball into the net. Lin Gaoyuan, obviously, is backed up by his home crowd here. And you only have tournaments in Guangdong, his native hometown. Oh boy, he is just totally supported by those enthusiastic fans of his. Backhand exchange. And one thing Lin needs to improve badly in order to enhance his level to move forward is about his consistency and also precision. These are the factors really he's been working on very hard. Actually, for Lin, it's a very difficult situation that he is in right now. In between, before him, you have veteran players like Xu Xin, Ma Long, who are still looking strong and doing very well. And behind him, you have what we call Little Chubby, who is nicknamed Little Chubby, meaning Xiao Pang or Fan Zhendong, pushing him as well. So he is in between, so he has to really tough out, he has to really make some noise right there to make his presence strongly felt. And he's fully aware of the situation. Yeah, Lin got one game point. Can he deliver it? Long serve, followed by his forehand. Let's see if Lin Gaoyuan can really deliver here. He finished his first game 11-9. Beautiful powerful forehand topspin there. And Lin goes for that kill, and he got it. Good recovery from Lin. Lin pushed to the extreme, but he recovers well with this forehand right there, reaching out here. Beautiful cross hook. Forcing the opponent to run as well. The more aggressive Lin we're seeing here. Lin Gaoyuan also feeling very comfortable being away from the table, using his backhand forehand flips and topspin drives. This is a very good and solid start in game two. Beautiful backhand exchange. Again, Lin Gaoyuan taking an upperhand. Short one, exchange. Niwa Koki, a little bit dejected I believe. He needs to calm down and also try to, he needs really to just be himself, utilizing his own forte. This is too strong right now from Lin Gaoyuan. Very speedy. Doesn't give his opponent too much time to react on it.