Alamiyan defeated his Chinese rival, Liang Jingkun, world No. 5, on Saturday at the 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships.
With a 3-0 victory, the Iranian table tennis player advanced to the round of sixteen at the Asian event and sealed a spot at the 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships.
In a related development, Benyamin Faraji was defeated by his Chinese opponent Lin Shidong 3-2.
Earlier, Iran’s 14-year-old had defeated world No. 1 Wang Chuqin in the 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships.
The 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships is underway in Astana, Kazakhstan on October 6-13.
These competitions serve as a qualification path for the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Doha 2025.
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