On January 26, local time, the 2025 Emperor's Cup and Queen's Cup All Japan Table Tennis Championships ushered in the final day of competition. In the eye-catching men's singles final, rising star Teruku Matsushima defeated Shinozuka Daito 4-1 to win the event for the first time.

All Japan Table Tennis Championships: Teruku Matsushima wins the men's singles title for the first time

In the men's singles semi-finals, he defeated the champion candidate, Japanese table tennis No. 1 Tomokazu Matsumoto, who entered the final, and won three games in a row in the final with such momentum. In the fourth game, the Japanese table tennis men's team at the Paris Olympics represented Shinozuka Daito regained his strength and won the game, chasing the final game to 1-3.

Shinozuka Daito, who wanted to change the situation, planned to play another game in the 5th game, but Matsushima Teruku regained control of the pace of the game and got the match point, and finally won the game easily 11-3, and killed the suspense of the whole game. Teruku Matsushima, who dominated the junior men's singles for the first time at the last Japan Table Tennis Championships, achieved his goal of winning the men's singles championship at this tournament.

Matsushima Tekura 4-1 Daito Shinozuka (right)

The final results of the men's singles at the 2025 Emperor's Cup/Queen's Cup All Japan Table Tennis Championships were the champion Teruku Matsushima, the runner-up Daito Shinozuka Oto, and the third place was Tomokazu Haramoto and Yuma Tanigaki.

【Men's Singles Final】

Matsushima Teruku 4-1 Shinozuka Daito

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