Harimoto eliminated in table tennis worlds

Source: Xinhua| 2019-04-25 19:00:28|Editor: Shi Yinglun
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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.

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