Japan expanded 2025 to witness many men's singles and men stopped early. Jonatan Christie, Anders Antonsen, Kunlavut Vitidsarn are the ones who stop after the first match. Viktor Axelsen did not play for injury, and Li Shi Feng also gave up in the second round.
In this context, many group players have emerged and good performance. One of them is Watanabe Koki, the representative of the Japanese host. Watanabe was not arranged in the tournament, but he was surprised to win the opponents more than highly appreciated.
Watanabe Koki started Japan expanding by defeating the Vietnamese overseas Vietnamese player Nguyen. He then overtook Chou Tien Chen, and Weng Hong Yang in 3 set matches. More notably, in those two matches, Watanabe lost set 1 and won the remaining 2 sets.
3 matches of Watanabe in Japan expanded 2025 to this point that all takes place in a period of greater than 1 hour. That shows that the Japanese player was well prepared when playing at home. However, the challenge will come to Watanabe in the semi -final, when the opponent is Alex Lanier.
Unlike Watanabe Koki, Alex Lanier is known for its fast gameplay. The French tennis player often ends the match in a short time. He only played 1 match 3 sets at the tournament when he passed Alwi Farhan, on the contrary, Lanier took only 40-50 minutes to win Leong Jun Hao and Chi Yu Jen.
