China s women s team defeats Singapore at World Team TT C ships

Halmstad (Sweden) May 1 (IANS) Despite losing their first game in the tournament China s women s team defeated 2010 world champions Singapore 3-1 in the fourth round of the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad Sweden on Tuesday.

Faced with little resistance in the first three matches of Group A reigning champions China saw their first real challenge in Singapore who beat the favourites China 3-1 in the 2010 World Championships final in Moscow reports Xinhua.

China however sent veteran Ding Ning and current world No. 1 Chen Meng paired with 19-year-old Wang Manyu to confront world No. 4 Feng Tianwei.

The encounter started smoothly for China as Wang won the first set 11-4 against 31-year-old Feng. Bouncing back tenaciously the Chinese born player won three intense sets in a row 13-11 14-12 and 14-12.

Trailing for the first time Ding and Chen stepped up in the next two games pushing China ahead 2-1 defeating Lin Ye and Zhang Wanling without dropping a set in the process.

Rio Olympic champion Ding dominated the fourth game against Feng sealing the match for China.

In Group B title contender Japan got on top of No.7 seed Austria without losing a set.

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