Miu Hirano completed a remarkable run at the Asian table tennis championships on Saturday, winning the women's singles title after defeating the world's top two players on their home turf.
The 17-year-old Hirano silenced the home crowd in the final, beating world No. 5 Cheng Ming in straight games 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 as she produced crisp strikes both off her forehand and backhand to keep the Chinese at bay.
On Friday, Hirano celebrated her birthday by beating Olympic champion and world No. 1 Ding Ning 3-11, 12-14, 11-9, 16-14, 12-10 in their quarterfinal. She followed that on Saturday by sending world No. 2 Zhu Yuling packing 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 in their semifinal.