America’s Wang Chen lost 4-1 in the women’s singles quarterfinals to Li Jia Wei of Singapore. Wang’s run to the round of eight was the farthest any American table tennis player advanced in Olympic history.
Watch the top eight points from Day 12’s table tennis action, which featured men’s and women’s singles.
All three members of the Chinese squad advanced easily in the Olympic women’s table tennis singles competition Wednesday, beating their lower-ranked opponents in straight games.
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See some of the best photos from Day 12 in table tennis, featuring matches involving Wang Chen of the U.S. as well as women’s world No. 1 Zhang Yining.
Defending gold medalist Zhang Yining of China advanced easily in the women’s table tennis singles competition Wednesday, needing only 25 minutes to beat Belarus’ Viktoria Pavlovich in straight games.
Watch the top eight points from Day 11, which featured preliminary men’s singles action in table tennis.
