Dimitrij Ovtcharov vs Tomokazu Harimoto _ MS R16 _ #WTTFrankfurt 2025

He's gonna be trying to take quick off the bounce shots and use all the power. You can see there with that forehand absolutely incredible. To really get into gear. You can't really afford to do that you saw in the point. His forehand is unstoppable. Still ends up surrendering the point. That one got Yorgo Oskov out of his chair as well. Off the floor, on one leg, chopping. He pulls it back to five all now. Processing. Six, seven. Swings back to Tomo and he'll let you know when he's on the right path. This is high octane stuff Maria. This is top top level table tennis going at him. Backhand on the forehand side. But he does it there. He does it there and he does the exact, he executes it perfectly. And that swung back in Dima's favor. Harimoto came straight out the starting box there and you thought that he was starting to dictate. He just said goodbye Harimoto. Okay coming his way. If Dima can carry on. Not phased by the lights out. And they're off the edge of the table. Everything is going in the game. And as you say it would be a heck of a long way back for Tomokazu. But he is Tomokazu Harimoto. Missing a single ball. Six, ten. Not yet Dima. Very good patience there. Has to do it all over again. Against the number two seed. Finds himself in a magnificent position Maria. You know it always comes as a shock when he doesn't. He is so good as well. Four, eight. And you were asking him to mix it up. The start of the big comeback. Ten, eight. Not yet. Eleven, eight. And that service sees him across the line. You spoke earlier on about how difficult it's going to be to come back against Dima. But when you are a momentum player. When you are... One love. A little clip of the edge it felt there for Harimoto. Fast-paced exchanges that Dima was conquering in the first game. But then they do. That's what happens. Dima all of a sudden comes into his element in those sorts of rallies. He threw everything at it. Committed himself. And Tomokazu said thank you. And that's the feeling that ball straight back on. You're in Germany now. Might be a big win. An upset win. Oh he didn't need the backhand. He dismisses a forehand and dismisses the world number four. The second seed. 3-1. What a performance for him. The backhand was working so well for him. And it's just fitting that he uses such a powerful forehand to finish off this game. Dima from the moment that he stepped on that court. He had a game plan. He was focused. He came out.