Chinese Grand Slam: German men s singles were wiped out, Japanese genius young player reversed 3-1 to advance

On October 1, in the 2025 WTT Chinese Grand Slam men's singles 1/16 final, Japanese genius young player Matsushima Hirokaru reversed German star Francesca 3-1. At this point, the German men's singles were wiped out, while the Japanese men's singles three advanced to the top 16.

Francisca 1-3 Matsushima Hirokaku [11-8, 9-11, 6-11, 8-11]

Francisca scored 2 points in a row at the beginning, Matsushima Hirokaku quickly tied 3, and Francesca scored 5-3 in time to stabilize. After that, Matsushima Hirokaku tied the score to 7-8, and Francesca seized the key points and won the first goal 11-8.

Francisca continued a good pace in the second game, leading 5-2 at the beginning, and Matsushima Fukuo made a comeback and overtook 8-5. After that, Matsushima Hirokaku settled down and scored the game point 10-7, and equalized the overall score 11-9.

The two sides scored alternately in the third game to 3 draws, Matsushima scored and seized the lead, and then took the initiative to lead 9-4. After that, Matsushima Hirokaku settled down and scored 10-6 to score two consecutive games 11-6.

In the fourth game, Matsushima Fukawa led 4-1, Francesca's adjustment effect was not good, and Matsushima Fukawa led 6-3 again. After that, Matsushima Hirokaku resisted the stalemate to 8-4, got the match point 10-6, and ended the game 11-8.

The history of the confrontation

The two sides have a big gap in age and have no intersection in the past. This game is the first duel between the two sides in history. Francesca won 1 game first in this game, and Matsushima Hiroshima counterattacked and won three consecutive games. At this point, the two sides had a historical battle with Matsushima Kokami 1 win or 0 losses.

Other related

Francisca is a German veteran, now 33 years old, ranking 17th in the world. Matsushima has great ambitions and great potential. He is considered a Japanese genius young player. He is now 18 years old and ranks 24th in the world.

Five German male singles players on this site played, among which Qiu Dang, Duda, Walther and Ocharov all played in the first round, and only Francesca advanced to the top 32. In this game, Francesca lost to Matsushima Keikawa, and the German men's singles were wiped out.

6 people participated in the Japanese men's singles. In the first round, Tomokazu and Otaku Shinozuka were eliminated, and in this round, Junsuke Togaki was eliminated. In addition, Hamada Ichiki and Uda Yukiya advanced, while Matsushima Keisuka also won the championship, and three Japanese men's singles advanced to the top 16.