Japan's Yosuke Watanuki and China's Zhang Zhizhen acknowledge each other after Zhang's win in the men's tennis singles final at the Asian Games on Sept. 30, 2023. (Kyodo) Japan's Yosuke Watanuki missed a chance to qualify for next year's Paris Olympics tennis tournament with a straight-sets loss to Chinese giant killer Zhang Zhizhen in the men's singles final at the Asian Games on Saturday. Zhang, who upset then world No. 5 Casper Ruud of Norway in the second round of this year's U.S. Open, defeated Watanuki 6-4, 7-6(7) to earn his gold medal and Olympic berth.

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