Hina Hayata failed to become the first Japanese in an Olympic table tennis singles final, losing in straight games to top-seeded Sun Yingsha of China in Friday's semifinal.The third seeded Hayata led by a point in both of the first two games, but Sun, the world champion and Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, held on to win 11-6, 11-8, 11-8, 11-2 in 39 minutes at South Paris Arena."I was not at 100 percent condition-wise and was wondering how much I could compete," Hayata, who had her injured left wrist strapped, said after losing her 16th straight match to Sun. "As expected, I felt my limitati…READ FULL ARTICLE
