Table tennis: Harimoto beaten in Japan Open qualifier

Up-and-coming Japanese teenager Tomokazu Harimoto failed to reach the main draw of the Japan Open after losing in the third round of men's singles qualifiers on Thursday.The 13-year-old, who became the youngest player to reach the last eight of the world championships earlier this month, lost 4-1 to China's Liang Jingkun at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium."Two or three years ago, crying after a loss to a Chinese player would not have entered my mind," said Harimoto, last year's champion here in the under-21 division. "I had a chance to win this."But Maharu Yoshimura, world mixed doubles gold m…READ FULL ARTICLE