In the early morning of March 10, Beijing time, the 2022 German Open entered the second matchday, and in a contest in the first round of men's singles, kendou Momota, the no. 2 seed of the tournament, met teammate Kenta Nishimoto. The two sides have met 4 times before, with Momota Kendou winning 3 and losing 1. Nishimoto was even better in today's match, easily defeating his teammates in two straight sets to advance to the second round.
In the first set, Kento Momota got into shape faster and made a 6-1 start. Nishimoto then adjusted too quickly to overtake his opponent 8-7. In the middle of the game, Kento Momota regained his advantage 14-10, but Nishimoto went back on top of the curve after five consecutive points. The two sides then reached a stalemate, with Nishimoto scoring three consecutive points after 18-19 to win the first set 21-19.
Nishimoto took the lead at the start of the second set, 11-4 easily into a technical break. After the suspension, Nishimoto continued to expand his advantage, and Momota Kendou basically gave up resistance, and Nishimoto easily won the second set at 21-9.
In the end, after two rounds of fierce fighting, Nishimoto Kento, ranked 19th in the world, defeated the world's No. 2 Kendo Momota 21-19/21-9, breaking a big upset in this German Open. In the next round, Nishimoto's opponent will be Canada's Yang Can, who also beat the stint at the Sing-Ko World Championship champion, Jianyou Luo.