American Liu Juan fell just short of becoming the first U.S. table tennis player to reach the quarterfinals of an event since 2008, rallying to win two sets after dropping 11-9 decisions in the first ...

The Japanese duo had never won a match against Xu and Liu, both former No. 1 world ranking singles players. Japan’s long journey to table tennis gold started 16 years ago. Both Ito and Mizutani ...