Second seed Tomokazu Harimoto beat Patrick Franziska 4–2 in the WTT Champions Frankfurt final despite losing the opening game 11–2. The defeat ended Franziska’s bid for a first WTT Champions title on home soil.[2]
Franziska also lost the preceding final at WTT Champions Montpellier, where he led Jang Woojin 3–1 before falling 4–3.[1]
The world No. 15 beat defending champion and world No. 1 Sora Matsushima 4–2 in the Frankfurt quarterfinals. He followed that with a 4–2 win over Shunsuke Togami in the semifinals.[1]
