China's Liang Jingkun competes against Taiwan's Chuang Chih-yuan (not pictured) at the World Table Tennis Champions European Summer Series 2022 in Budapest, Hungary on July 21, 2022. (ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP)

BUDAPEST - Second seed Liang Jingkun of China lost 3-2 to Chuang Chih-yuan of Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Championships held in Budapest on Thursday.

After losing the first two games 11-7, 11-6, Liang Jingkun leveled the score winning 14-12 and 11-1. Unfortunately, Liang lost the decisive fifth game 13-11 to miss the semifinals

After losing the first two games 11-7, 11-6, Liang Jingkun leveled the score winning 14-12 and 11-1. Unfortunately, Liang lost the decisive fifth game 13-11 to miss the semifinals.

Fellow Chinese player Lin Gaoyuan beat Japan's Yukiya Uda 3-0 to earn a ticket to the semifinals, while the other two semifinalists are Patrick Franzisca of Germany and Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan.

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In women's singles, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi's opponents were all Japanese players. Chen defeated Hina Hayata 3-2 after five hard games, while Wang Manyu eliminated Mima Ito 3-0, and Wang Yidi narrowly defeated Miyuu Kihara 3-2. In addition, Sun Yingsha defeated Doo Hoi-kem of Hong Kong, China 3-1.

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The WTT Champions semifinals will be held in Budapest on Friday.