MUSCAT, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese teenager Chen Yuanyu shocked world No. 3 Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan 4-2 to capture the men's singles title, while Shi Xunyao emerged as the winner in an all-Chinese women's singles final over Kuai Man in straight games at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Muscat on Friday.

Chen, currently sitting 51 positions below Harimoto on the world rankings, fell 8-11 in the opening game, while winning 11-7, 11-7 in the next two games to turn the tables.

Although the top seed Harimoto leveled the match with 11-3 in the fourth game, the 19-year-old Chinese held on to triumph 11-4, 12-10 to notch one of the biggest victories in his career.

Facing Kuai, winner of last week's WTT Star Contender Doha, Shi took command with an 11-6, 11-9, 11-8, 11-4 victory.

Also on Friday, Japanese paddlers claimed both titles in doubles events, with Tomokazu Harimoto and Sora Matsushima coming on top in the men's doubles, while Satsuki Odo and Sakura Yokoi were crowned the women's doubles champions.

In Thursday's mixed doubles final, second seeds Alvaro Robles and Maria Xiao of Spain dispatched Chinese qualifiers Huang Youzheng and Shi Xunyao 3-1.

The next WTT Series event will be the Singapore Smash from January 30 to February 9. Enditem

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