BUDAPEST, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Fourth seed Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan, widely tipped as a threat to the Chinese players, was knocked out of the men's singles event at the World Table Tennis Championships here on Thursday.
South Korean An Jae-hyun made it to the quarterfinals with a surprise 4-2 (11-7, 3-11, 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9) victory over the Japanese youngster.
No. 1 seed Fan Zhendong and No. 2 Xu Xin, both of China, had been eliminated.