CHENGDU, China, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) — China gained its fifth consecutive girls’s groups title after sweeping Japan 3-0 on the World Team Table Tennis Championships right here on Saturday.
It was additionally a record-extending twenty second time for China to have lifted the Corbillon Cup in historical past.
In the 2 sides’ fourth straight head-to-head within the remaining relationship again to 2014, China loved a wire-to-wire victory, as Olympic champion Chen Meng put the hosts forward with an 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 win over Miyuu Kihara.
Reigning world champion Wang Manyu doubled China’s lead after getting previous Japanese ace Mima Ito 11-9, Sep 11, 12-10, 11-5.
World No. 1 Sun Yingsha closed out China’s title protection with an 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 victory over Miyu Nagasaki.
Germany and Chinese Taipei completed third within the occasion in Chengdu.