On March 27, 2024, the Incheon Championship of Table Tennis continued, and the first round of 16 of the men's singles was released, with Brazil's Hugo Calderano defeating Hayasuke Togami 3-2, and Japan's main players were eliminated for the next round against Alex Lebrun and Ko Seungrui winners.
Hugo Calderano and Hayasuke Togami are the main opponents of national table tennis, Brazilian player Calderano has been famous for a long time, once defeated Fan Zhendong, men's singles ranked 8th in the world, always a first-class player in the foreign association, this season Calderano's results are mediocre, and there is a lack of particularly eye-catching performances, often before meeting the main force of national table tennis, he loses the game and is eliminated, which is indeed easy to break out of the upset.
The opponent is 22-year-old Hayasuke Togami, ranked 25th in the world, as the second main force of the Japanese men's team, Hayasuke Togami's level is undoubted, it can be said that he is second only to Tomokazu Zhangmoto, but it is difficult to threaten the top players in national table tennis, so the coaching staff does not pay special attention to him, and he is currently hovering around 20, which is still far from the top ten.
It is worth mentioning that although the overall strength is stronger, but the last time Hugo Calderano was upset, the loss to Hayasuke Togami was surprising, mainly because Calderano played on the spot with great ups and downs, especially prone to unnecessary mistakes, the overall is indeed not as stable as Hayasuke Togami, unlike Zhang Benzhi and the fast speed of the first three boards, Hayasuke Togami prefers to play each other, and his small ball is relatively rough.
After the start of the game, Calderano was online in the first game, especially his own round preparation was very sufficient, so that Hayasuke Togami could not stand up, and it was difficult to take the initiative to improve the quality of the board, Calderano took the lead in an all-round way, taking the lead with 11-7, although he was familiar with the opponent's landing point, but Hayasuke Togami was not good at receiving Calderano's serve, although he could win Tomokazu Zhangmoto, but the performance in the foreign war was indeed much worse.
In the second game, Hayasuke Togami led 7-2 and suddenly dropped the line, Calderano chased it to 6-7, Hayasuke Togami called a timeout to slow down, and after coming back, Hayasuke Togami missed a number of game points, but finally there was no problem, and won 16-14 narrowly, Calderano chased the points in vain, his chance was not firm, but let Hayasuke Togami attack first, and it was also related to the mentality, Calderano was particularly anxious, and there was no opponent calm.
In the third game, Calderano played steadily and won the game 11-7, in the fourth game, Hayasuke Togami was not to be outdone, and returned 11-8 with color, and Hayasuke Togami failed to withstand the pressure in the decisive game, Calderano ended the game 11-3, refused to be soft at the critical moment, and finally defeated Hayasuke Togami 3-2, and is expected to fight Alex Lebrun again, only Fan Zhendong is a national table tennis player in the same district, and the meeting will reach the semifinals.