Harimoto Miwa booked her place from Women’s Singles – Semifinal – Match 1 with a 3-1 win over Odo Satsuki, finishing the contest with an 11-5 fourth game after dropping the third. The official match-center record confirmed the result at 3-1, with Harimoto sealing the final point at 11-5 in Game 4.
The semifinal mattered because it decided who would advance from Match 1, and Harimoto did it by taking the opening two games (11-7, 11-6), absorbing a response in Game 3 (7-11), and then resetting quickly to close out Game 4 with a decisive margin.
How the semifinal unfolded game by game
Harimoto set the tone early by taking Game 1 11-7. With the first game secured, she carried that momentum into Game 2, edging through the middle stages and then pulling away to win 11-6 and move within one game of the match.
The official commentary shows Game 2 tightening around the mid-point before Harimoto created separation. At 6-6, Harimoto won the next points to build a lead, and the game ended with Harimoto taking the final points to reach 11-6 and a 2-0 match advantage.
Odo answered in Game 3, preventing a straight-games finish. The point-by-point sequence in the match-center feed shows the game moving through several small swings, with the score reaching 6-6 before Odo pushed ahead. From there, Odo extended the advantage and closed Game 3 11-7, cutting the match score to 2-1 and forcing a fourth game.
With the match still in her control but no longer a sweep, Harimoto responded immediately in Game 4. The official progression indicates Harimoto opened the game by winning the first two points to lead 2-0, then continued to build a cushion as the game developed. Odo stayed in touch early, but Harimoto kept moving the score forward and reached 5-2 before a timeout was taken by Odo.
The match-center log records a timeout requested by Odo Satsuki during Game 4, with the timeout shown as started and then ended. Coming out of that break, Harimoto continued to add to her lead, reaching 6-2 and then 7-2. Odo briefly reduced the deficit, but Harimoto maintained control and moved to 8-4 and then 9-4 as the finish line came into view.
Odo won a point to make it 9-5, but Harimoto immediately put herself on match point. The official match-point moment was recorded at Game 4, 10-5, with the match score 2-1 at that time. From there, Harimoto converted on the next point to complete the 11-5 game and confirm the 3-1 win.
Key moments from the official feed
The defining sequence came late in Game 4. After Harimoto reached 9-4, Odo made it 9-5, but Harimoto then won the next point to reach 10-5 and match point. The match-center commentary explicitly logged “Match POINT: HARIMOTO Miwa” at 10-5, and the next point ended the match at 11-5.
Another notable element in the official record was the volume of service changes tracked in the commentary, listed as 34. While the feed does not provide tactical detail, it does underline how frequently the serve rotated as the points progressed through the four games.
Result summary and what decided it
In the official result, Harimoto Miwa defeated Odo Satsuki 3-1 in Women’s Singles – Semifinal – Match 1. The game scores were 11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 11-5, with Harimoto’s strongest close coming in the final game. After Odo extended the match by taking Game 3, Harimoto’s response in Game 4 was immediate and emphatic, highlighted by the timeout phase at 5-2 and the clean finish from 9-5 to 11-5, including match point at 10-5.