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 (9-7) to earn his gold medal and Olympic berth.
The 25-year-old Watanuki now needs to turn his focus toward raising his world ranking for an Olympic spot.