HARIMOTO Miwa won the Women’s Singles – Final – Match 1, defeating ZHU Yuling 4-3 and clinching the title with a 12-10 victory in the deciding seventh game. The official match-center record confirmed the result after a tense finish that swung late, with Harimoto closing out the match at 12-10 after the score had been level at 3-3 in games.
The final mattered because it required a full seven games to separate the two players, with momentum shifting from a dominant start by Harimoto to a sustained response from Zhu, before Harimoto recovered in the decider. The match featured multiple timeouts—one requested by each player—and a high number of service changes recorded in the official commentary (63), underlining how frequently the initiative moved between server and receiver across the contest.
How the final unfolded: from 3-0 up to a deciding game
Harimoto opened the final in emphatic fashion, taking the first three games in a row. The game scores showed a clear early advantage: 11-2 in Game 1, 11-6 in Game 2, and 11-9 in Game 3. With those three games secured, Harimoto moved to a 3-0 lead in the match and stood one game away from the championship.
Zhu, however, turned the contest into a battle of recovery. The fourth and fifth games both went Zhu’s way by the same margin, 11-9 and 11-9, cutting the match deficit to 3-2 and forcing Harimoto to chase the closing game again. The sixth game then swung decisively to Zhu at 11-7, completing the comeback to level the match at 3-3 and sending the final to a seventh game.
The official record also noted timeouts requested by both players during the match. ZHU Yuling had a timeout recorded (started and ended), and HARIMOTO Miwa also had a timeout recorded (started and ended). While the match-center brief does not specify the exact score at which each timeout occurred, their presence in a seven-game final reflected the pressure points that emerged as the momentum shifted from Harimoto’s early lead to Zhu’s three-game run.
Deciding Game 7: Zhu leads 10-5, Harimoto wins 12-10
The seventh game produced the defining sequence of the final. The official commentary tracked the score progression and service changes as Zhu built a commanding advantage. Zhu won the opening points to move ahead 2-0, and later extended the lead to 4-1. The game continued to tilt Zhu’s way, with the score reaching 7-2 and then 8-3.
At 9-3, Zhu remained in control, and the lead soon became 10-4. The match-center commentary then recorded a point for Zhu at 10-4, followed by Harimoto pulling a point back to 9-4. Zhu still held multiple match points at 10-5, but from there the finish flipped dramatically.
Harimoto began a sustained run, with the official log showing Harimoto winning points to close the gap from 10-5 to 10-6 and 10-7, then to 10-8 and 10-9. Zhu reached 10 again on the scoreboard as Harimoto’s comeback continued, and the game moved to 10-10. From deuce, Harimoto won the next point to take an 11-10 lead, and then converted the final point for 12-10 to secure the match 4-3. The match-center confirmation recorded the final moment as: Women’s Singles – Final – Match 1 won by HARIMOTO Miwa, Game 7, Game Score 12-10, Match Score 4-3.
Result and game-by-game scores
Women’s Singles – Final – Match 1: HARIMOTO Miwa def. ZHU Yuling 4-3
Game scores: 11-2, 11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 9-11, 7-11, 12-10
After leading 3-0, Harimoto ultimately needed the narrowest of margins in the decider, overcoming a 10-5 deficit in Game 7 to finish the final 12-10 and take the title.