Table tennis: Ito stopped by world No. 1 Sun in semifinals
DOHA (Kyodo) -- Japan's Mima Ito lost to China's world No. 1 Sun Yingsha 4-0 in the women's singles semifinals at the world table tennis championships Saturday.
Defending champion Sun won 11-7, 11-5, 11-9, 11-4 against ninth-ranked Ito, who was attempting to become the first Japanese to reach the women's singles final in 56 years.
Ito will take home a bronze medal as there is no third-place match at the world championships at Lusail Sports Arena in Qatar.
Japanese compatriots Miwa Harimoto and Miyuu Kihara also settled for bronze after being swept in the women's doubles semifinals by China's Wang Manyu and Kuai Man 11-8, 11-6, 11-5.
In the mixed doubles final, Sun teamed up with countryman Wang Chuqin to defeat Japan's Satsuki Odo and Maharu Yoshimura 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8.
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