Highlights Shunsuke Togami - Hiroto Shinozuka

In May 2025 the Table Tennis World Championships took place in Doha That was a world championship that was going to be very very special for Shunsuke Togami and Hiroto Shinozuka Because the two played together in the doubles and indeed won the gold medal in the end That was a great story but now they were opponents on the opening match of the last game day before the Christmas break The match at home between Ochsenhausen and Grünwettersbach was the showdown Let's take a look at the fourth singles match of the day The two Japanese players both starting in position 1 for their teams now faced each other Togami a right-hander Shinozuka a left-hander and the first round is fairly balanced Fast-paced table-side game Of course the two know each other well Who will take the first set We're making a small jump to 11 to 10 for Togami Yes and he takes the first passage with 12 to 10 Togami has an outstanding record in the first half of the season in the TTBL Just one singles loss He got it against Darko Jorgic Otherwise he has won them all individually That is really very impressive And just after the departure of Hugo Calderano and Simon Gouzi he is obviously really valuable for Ochsenhausen Still trying to switch hands but from behind in the half-distance That doesn't quite work for Shinozuka He has also had a good start to his season at Grünwettersbach He also has a positive record but he is lagging behind here Then Togami raises to 2 to 0 and again looks like he has better players Very safe play with very powerful play It just all fit together on that day as it seemed up to this point Togami then had a 4-1 lead when the timeout came in at Shinozuka But it hasn't really helped much because we're making the small leap Togami was ahead 8-5 and then he already had match points at 10-8 Also Ochsenhausen beats Grünwettersbach at home 3 to 1 Two singles wins by Togami