Top seed Zhang Jike of China beat Jiang Tianhyi of Chinese Hong Kong in five sets to cruise into the men's singles semifinals at the Olympic table tennis tournament on Wednesday.

The world champion, world number one and hot favorite won 11-4, 8-11, 11-4, 11-9 and 11-6 against No. 11 seed Jiang.

Zhang will face Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the semifinals. Ovtcharov entered the top four after a seven-set tight match against Denmark's Michael Maze on Tuesday.

Zhang's teammate Wang Hao, No. 2 seed, will face Japan's Seiya Kishikawa in another quarterfinal.

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