Olympic table tennis – in pictures

China's Zhang Jike serves to Belarus's Vladimir Samsonov in their men's singles fourth round match Photograph: Grigory Dukor/Reuters

Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov eyes the ball before returning a shot to Denmark's Michael Maze in their men's singles round match Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Ariel Hsing, 16, of the United States, serves to No. 2 seed Xiaoxia Li of China, in the third round
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Tianwei Feng of Singapore competes against Kim Kyungah of South Korea during the women's singles table tennis Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

Kyung Ah Kim of South Korea plays a backhand during the women's singles table tennis quarter-final match against Tianwei Feng of Singapore Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images

Wang Hao of China in action against Seiya Kishikawa of Japan during their men's singles quarter-final match Photograph: Bernd Thissen/EPA

Australia's Justin Han serves against Togo's Mawussi Agbetoglo during their men's singles preliminary round match Photograph: Grigory Dukor/Reuters

Iran's Neda Shahsavari plays against Nigeria's Olufunke Oshonaike during their women's singles preliminary round match Photograph: Grigory Dukor/Reuters

Greece's Kalinikos Kreanga serves to Belgium's Jean-Michel Saive in their men's singles second round match Photograph: Grigory Dukor/Reuters

Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan competes during the women's singles table tennis match against Xiaoxia Li of China Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images

Jiang Huajun of Hong Kong serves against Kim Jong of North Korea during their match Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP

Germany's Irene Ivancan serves to Australia's Miao Miao in their women's team first round match Photograph: Grigory Dukor/Reuters

Japan's Seiya Kishikawa serves against China's Wang Hao during a men's singles quarter-final match Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images