Chinese paddlers win German Open titles

Bremen (Germany) March 26 (IANS) Chinese table tennis players won the men s singles and doubles titles at the German Open the third event of the ITTF World Tour here.

Ma Long defeated his teammate Xu Xin 4-1 in an all-Chinese final on Sunday taking the men s singles crown after they respectively knocked out Wong Chun Ting from Chinese Hong Kong and Patrick Franziska from Germany in the semi-finals reports Xinhua news agency.

Ma and Xu later beat Lee Sang-Su and Jeoung Youngsik from South Korea 3-0 to win the men s doubles.

Kasumi Ishikawa from Japan defeated South Korean Seo Hyo-won 4-1 becoming the champion in women s singles. Hina Hayata and Mima Ito from Japan beat Jeon Ji-hee and Yang Ha-eun of South Korea 3-1 in women s doubles.

This year s German Open attracted 284 athletes from 47 countries and regions.

--IANS
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