PARIS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's Fan Zhendong endured a tough contest in the Olympic table tennis men's singles quarterfinals here on Thursday, being beaten in the first two sets before managing a 4-3 comeback win over Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan in a seven-set thriller.
The 21-year-old Japanese started strongly, leading 2-0 and then 3-2, while the second-seeded Chinese fought back fiercely to force a decider. A
