Table tennis: Japan men's, women's teams fall to China in world finals

Japan's men and women took home silver medals from the world team table tennis championships Sunday after defending champion China proved too strong in both finals.The Japanese women, who were aiming for their first world title in 55 years, lost 3-2 in the championship final in London.Japan's Miwa Harimoto beat Wang Manyu 3-2 in the opening match at OVO Arena Wembley before Hina Hayata suffered a straight-games loss to world No. 1 Sun Yingsha, leaving the final deadlocked 1-1.Honoka Hashimoto defeated Kuai Man 3-1 in the third match to put Japan back in the lead, but Harimoto and Hayata los…READ FULL ARTICLE