BANGKOK, April 27 (Xinhua) — The World Table Tennis (WTT) Championships Star Contender 2023 in Bangkok recorded one other shocking end result within the males’s singles as world No. 5 Liang Jingkun of China was defeated right here on Thursday.
Liang misplaced to world No. 31 Anton Kallberg from Sweden within the spherical of 16 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 11-3 following the defeat of Japanese prime seed Tomokazu Harimoto within the earlier spherical.
China’s different three males’s singles gamers superior to the quarterfinals.
In the ladies’s singles, China’s Chen Xington and Kuai Man will meet one another within the quarterfinals after their respective victories on Thursday. The two teamed as much as make it to the ladies’s doubles ultimate after beating Romanian duo Andreea Dragoman and Elizabeta Samara 11-5, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8.
Chen additionally secured a berth within the combined doubles ultimate with Lin Gaoyuan, who himself superior to the boys’s doubles ultimate with teammate Lin Shidong.