TOKYO, Aug 4 ― China kept alive its chances of maintaining an undefeated Olympic teams table tennis record when its women’s and men’s teams easily beat their respective opponents in the semi-finals today.
While South Korean paddler Lee edged his opponent Ma, Olympic singles gold medallist, by scoring two sets in the latter half of the deciding match, he eventually lost steam in the final fifth set to lose 2-3.The Chinese team will face off against the winner of the semi-final match held later in the day between host country Japan and Germany.
Chen and Wang started out the team event with a smash against Germany’s Shan Xiaona and Petrissa Solja, winning 3-0 in the doubles match. Medal favourites China will face 2016 Rio bronze medallists Japan, who knocked out Hong Kong 3-0 in a dominating performance at the semi-final match.
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