TEENAGE sensation Miu Hirano won the women’s singles Saturday by beating three top-ranked Chinese in a row at the Asian Table Tennis Championships, while her fellow Japanese Koki Niwa ousted Xu Xin out of the men’s singles quarterfinals.

    Hirano, who turned 17 Friday, took a 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 quick win over Chen Meng, ranked fifth in the world, to lift the trophy that had been in China’s hands for five consecutive editions.

    En route to the unexpected final, Hirano beat Olympic and world champion Ding Ning 3-2 in Friday’s quarterfinals to produce the arguably biggest upset of the tourney, and shocked world No. 2 Zhu Yuling earlier Saturday.

    Hirano became the third ever non-Chinese player to win the Asian Championships.

    In men’s play, China’s top pen-holder Xu Xin suffered another unexpected defeat following the shock exit of top seed Ma Long in the third round, letting go a possible All-Chinese final of the men’s singles at the championships.

    The world No. 3, who’s in the same half with Ma, lost 12-10, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7 to Niwa in the quarterfinals. Early Thursday, Ma was beaten 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6 by South Korea’s Jeong Sang-eun in the round of 32.

    It has been the first time since 2000 that the men’s singles final will not feature two Chinese players.(Xinhua)