Chinese-born table tennis players Saki Kanazawa and Kaii Yoshida won the singles titles at the national championships Sunday, while teenage star Ai Fukuhara was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
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Kanazawa edged An Konishi 11-8, 10-12, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 11-6 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium after China-based 17-year-old Fukuhara lost a hard-fought quarterfinal match to Ai Fujinuma.
Fujinuma came back from a 2-1 deficit to oust Fukuhara 7-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8.
Fukuhara finished the tournament empty-handed, having already been knocked out of the mixed doubles and the women's doubles.
Her bid for a fourth straight title in the women's doubles ended Saturday after she and partner Konishi were beaten by Mikie Takahashi and Yuka Shiozaki 3-1 in the semifinals.
In the men's final, Yoshida beat four-time champion Koji Matsushita 2-11, 14-12, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-5 to win the national title for the second straight year.