Japan's Harimoto, Hayata claim titles at WTT Champions Frankfurt

Berlin, Nov 9 (UNI) Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata claimed the men's and women's singles titles at WTT Champions Frankfurt, with Harimoto defeating Germany's Patrick Franziska in the men's final. Second seed Harimoto recovered from losing the opening game to beat Franziska 4-2, denying the German the title in front of his home crowd on Sunday. Franziska took the first game 11-2 and edged the third 13-11, while Harimoto won the second 11-9 before reeling off three consecutive games 11-8, 11-4, 11-4 to secure the trophy. Franziska had reached the final earlier in the day by defeating Japan's Shunsuke…