Liang Jingkun fell behind 1-3 and stubbornly chased it to 3-3, but the deciding game fell short and lost 6-11 to Sweden's Carlberg. Liang Jingkun became the first player to go out of the national table tennis men's singles.
In the three-quarters zone, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Freitas and Carlberg are vying for a place in the semifinals.
Liang Jingkun 3-4 Carlberg
Liang Jingkun's match with Sweden's Carlberg, Liang Jingkun crushed the game 11-3 in the first game.
In the key point of the second game, Carlberg seized the opportunity and won the second game 11-8. Carlberg then went 11-5, 11-6 to take a 3-1 lead.
Liang Jingkun grasped the key points in the next two games, 11-8 and 11-9, chasing 3-3.
Entering the tiebreaker, Liang Jingkun fell behind at the beginning, although he bit the score, but could not tie it, Carlberg scored consecutive points after 8-6, and won the game 11-6.
Liang Jingkun became the first national table tennis men's singles player to lose.
Three-quarters of the district was lost
In the three-quarters area, with Liang Jingkun out, there are no national table tennis players.
Carlberg advanced to the quarter-finals, where the next round will be between Japan's Tomokazu Haramoto and Portugal's Freitas.
For Tomokazu Zhangmoto, can he seize the opportunity to hit the semi-finals?