BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) — Here are the most recent Chinese sports activities headlines over the previous week:
1. Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong win third world title
Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong of China received their third combined doubles world title by beating two-time runners-up Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan 21-13, 21-16 on Sunday.
Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan additionally landed their third gold medal within the girls’s doubles occasion on the world championships. Olympic girls’s singles champion Chen Yufei fell to high seed Akane Yamaguchi within the ultimate to take a silver medal.
However, within the following Japan Open, Zheng/Huang noticed their 38-game successful streak ended by Watanabe/Higashino within the semifinals, the place Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan and Chen Yufei additionally crashed out.
2. Chinese gamers obtain breakthroughs at US Open
The ongoing US Open has seen Chinese gamers making a number of breakthroughs in singles occasion. Wu Yibing recorded one of the best end result for a Chinese male participant at a Grand Slam after reaching final 32 and received expertise and confidence regardless of a spherical 3 defeat to defending champion Daniil Medvedev.
In the ladies’s occasion, for the primary time in historical past, China has 4 gamers within the final 32 after Wang Xiyu, Zheng Qinwen, Yuan Yue and Zhang Shuai, who made a step additional first into the fourth spherical on Friday, all achieved their greatest GS outcomes.
3. China loses to Japan in ultimate of AVC Cup for Women
China ended its quest for the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Cup for Women as runner-up after shedding to Japan 25-23, 25-21, 19-25, 25-16 within the ultimate in Pasig City, the Philippines.
Kuang Qi, coach of the younger second-string Chinese staff, praised his gamers for his or her preventing spirit and admitted they nonetheless have to work on their capabilities to grab key factors when it issues.
4. China beats Bahrain in FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers
With 22 factors from star middle Zhou Qi, China wrapped up their window 4 matches of the FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers with an 80-67 victory over Bahrain in Nur-Sultan on Monday.
Having received the opposite window 4 match over host Kazahkstan within the earlier week, China now sits second in Group F with a 6-2 document.
5. China eradicated from FIVB males’s worlds after three straight defeats
