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Brazilian beats Chinese at their own game -- table tennis
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Brazil's Hugo Calderano competes against Hibiki Tazoe, during a WTT tournament table tennis match, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. Calderano is No. 5 in the sport’s ranking, he reached No. 3 a year ago, and he's defeated many of the top Chinese including No. 1 Fan Zhendong. - photo by AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko
KAWASAKI, Japan (AP) — Yao Ming graced marquees for a decade in the NBA, spurring basketball's growing popularity in China. Table tennis needs the inverse: an eye-catching outsider to get the focus off China. Hugo Calderano fits the profile.