BUDAPEST, April 25 (Xinhua) -- No. 1 seed Fan Zhendong and No. 4 Tomokazu Harimoto were both eliminated in the men's singles round of 16, joining No. 2 Xu Xin in the seeded casualties at the World Table Tennis Championships here on Thursday.
Liang Jingkun beat fellow Chinese player Fan in six sets (5-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7) while Harimoto suffered a surprise 4-2 (11-7, 3-11, 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9) loss to South Korean An Hae-hyun.
France's Simon Gauzy, who knocked out second-seeded Chinese Xu on Wednesday, romped into the quarterfinals with a 4-0 victory over Slovakia's Wang Yang.
Chinese Lin Gaoyuan overcame South Korean Jeoung Young-sik in straight sets to join his China team captain Ma Long in the last eight.
Ma, seeking a third straight world singles crown, crushed Brazil's Hugo Calderano 4-1.
South Korea's Jang Woo-jin advanced after German star Timo Boll pulled out of the game due to a fever.
