Highlights_ Jo Yokotani vs. Ruwen Filus

We're looking at the next match of Matchday 5 in the TTBL Bad Homburg at home against Fulda. That's a big hurdle for the team of coach Helmut Hampel. Jokutani at the hosts on 1. He had played really well against Grenzau before. He's incredibly fast on his feet, plays very aggressively. But how does it work when the opponent plays a little differently? And I think you can say that about the game of Ruven Filus. And Jokutani really had his problems at the beginning. Then he comes in a little better. But Filus is the man in the first set who determines the game. Even if he can't do anything against this forehand. We'll take that with us in the time loop. More opportunities for the German with a long serve. Comes in, gets through. No. 1 completely deserved with 11 to 7. That was the first single in this game. Let's look at the second set. And there, too, Filus gets a good start. We may have seen it in the background above. Helmut Hampel stands up and says, we have to take a timeout. Jokutani has to adjust a little differently. And that's also good. After that, the Japanese are a little better in the game. He's pretty unlucky here with this two-point lead. It was 8-6. He has to take this edge ball. We'll go on to 10-2. Filus had the opportunity to increase to 2-0 before. Had led 10-9. But then Jokutani organizes a set pick. And that's supposed to give him a headwind. So instead of 0-2, from his point of view, it's 1-1 here. And you might think that he's arrived right now. In this tricky game for him. And the third round is going really well. Now it's an open duel, which wasn't the case in the first round. Very good. Filus' defense ball is a bit too short in the end. Famous with the long pimple on the backhand. That wasn't a problem for Jokutani. A small jump to 10-9. Set ball, Filus. And then it's the strike edge of Jokutani. That's annoying. There was even more in this pass. Now Jokutani is behind and also has a bad start in the fourth set. He caught it quite well. Then there was a time-out again on the side of Fulda. So they didn't want to let anything burn here at the stand of 2-5. Then we go on. Actually a good idea from Filus. He anticipated well, comes back to the front to pull back with the forehand. Doesn't look bad at all. Doesn't hit him quite right. Oh, both. So now it's crunch time. Maybe there was still something in the direction of set 5. Successful shot here with the forehand. Of course, it's good when he's half up. Then he had two set balls. This is the second one here. And he actually doesn't miss it. That was very good. It was relatively short again. He already hit it before. But Jokutani gets another chance. Can't use it either. So that was really a back and forth. Several set balls for Jokutani. And then the match ball for Filus at 13-12. And then it's a direct mistake in the setback. That's annoying. The fifth set was absolutely possible for Jokutani. He loses this game with 1-3. Fulda wins in the end away with 3-1. Thanks for watching!