Cal graduate Lily Zhang lost her round-of-16 Olympic table tennis match on Wednesday, but along the way she gained a famous fan – USA basketball player Anthony Edwards. It started when Zhang and ...

Olympic table tennis player Lily Zhang, left, chats with Olympic table tennis player Rachel Sung during a break at practice at 888 Table Tennis in Burlingame, Calif., on Thursday, June 20, 2024.

Lily Zhang is the first table tennis player to qualify for the U.S. team for the Paris Games, where she can become the first American in her sport to compete in four Olympics. Zhang, a 27-year-old ...

Bay Area Blaster’s Lily Zhang keeps her eyes on the ball while serving during a Major League Table Tennis match held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 10 ...

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Yes, table tennis fans – in Europe – were chanting for an American. Not only that, but Zhang also wasn’t the only American who’d play an Olympic round of 16 singles match Wednesday night.

Zhang won the match four sets to two and has moved on to the final 16. Edwards has been tightly connected to the U.S. table tennis team during the 2024 Olympics.