Giant slayer from Iran: Teen paddler Benyamin Faraji and what makes him special
Seconds after forcing Lin Shidong — the World No. 2 from China — into an error that resulted in a win for Benyamin Faraji, the 15-year-old from Tehran appeared perplexed, before jumping over the arena and hugging Iran coach J. Lotfollah Nasabi. Faraji, the teenage sensation who has become Iran’s brightest table tennis prospect, stunned…