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China wins Asian men's team title
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-09-20 02:31
YANGZHOU, China - China beat Japan to capture the men's team title at the
Asian table tennis championships here on Wednesday.
The Chinese trio of Wang Hao, Ma Long and Chen Qi edged out their rivals
by three matches to nil, putting an end to Japan's surprise ascent.
The first match turned out a thrilling, lengthy battle, in which
60th-ranked Kaii Yoshida unsettled world No. 2 Wang Hao and lured him
into making errors frequently.
Cheered on by a home crowd of 1,000, Wang managed to defeat Yoshida 11-9,
9-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-6.
Sixth-ranked Ma Long took the second match with an 11-9, 14-12, 11-8
defeat of 58th-ranked Jun Mizutani, an 18-year-old Japanese who had
helped Japan reach the final by crushing two Hong Kong players Chiang
Peng-Lung and Chuan Chih-Yuan.
The following encounter between eighth-ranked Chen Qi and 101st-ranked
Kenta Matsudaira proved a lopsided affair, with the Chinese winning 11-7,
11-3, 11-9.
Japan had put in a strong performance from the start of the championships
with a series of stunning 3-0 wins over Cambodia, Thailand and the second
seed South Korea.
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