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Thai Table Tennis Star Loses to Japan's World No. 14

Thailand's Arunphan Paranang lost her round-of-16 match at the China Smash 2026 table tennis tournament in Beijing, falling 0-3 to Japan's world No. 14 Honoka Hashimoto. The scores were 8-11, 6-11 and 9-11, ending Paranang's campaign at the last-16 stage. Despite the defeat, she showed strong resistance against her higher-ranked opponent.

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The China Smash 2026 table tennis competition was held at the Souvankhouyuan arena in Beijing on October 8. World No. 101 Thai player Arunphan Paranang, known as 'Tip', met world No. 14 Japanese opponent Honoka Hashimoto in the round of 16. Paranang fought hard but was unable to break through Hashimoto's resilient defense, succumbing 0-3 in games of 8-11, 6-11 and 9-11, thus finishing her run in the last 16.

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