China's Liang suffers surprising defeat at WTT Star Contender Bangkok

BANGKOK, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The World Table Tennis (WTT) Championships Star Contender 2023 in Bangkok recorded another surprising result in the men's singles as world No. 5 Liang Jingkun of China was defeated here on Thursday.

Liang lost to world No. 31 Anton Kallberg from Sweden in the round of 16 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 11-3 following the defeat of Japanese top seed Tomokazu Harimoto in the previous round.