SINGAPORE, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — The younger Chinese duo Lin Shidong and Kuai Man claimed the combined doubles title on the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash on Friday.
After an 11-8 loss within the opening sport, Lin and Kuai staged a comeback by successful the following three video games 11-5, 11-8, and 11-9 to finish the turnaround.
The title is even sweeter for Kuai, who celebrated her twenty first birthday on Friday. “It’s the best birthday gift,” she stated.
China additionally secured the ladies’s singles and doubles titles. World No. 1 Sun Yingsha overwhelmed teammate He Zhuojia in straight video games to advance into the ladies’s singles semifinals, and can subsequent face Wang Yidi, who eradicated Mima Ito of Japan 4-1.
“I had been well-prepared for any difficulties before this match. I didn’t expect this scoreline, just focusing on every point throughout the match,” stated Sun.
The different semifinal pits Chen Xingtong in opposition to Kuai.
In the doubles, Sun and Wang noticed off Sofia Polcanova and Bernadette Szocs 3-0, establishing an all-Chinese closing with Wang Manyu and Kuai.
Chinese paddlers additionally secured three semifinal spots within the males’s singles occasion, with top-ranked Wang Chuqin taking up Liang Jingkun, and Lin squaring off in opposition to Frenchman Alexis Lebrun.
The males’s doubles champions shall be contested between the duo of Wang/Lin and the Chinese Taipei pair Lin Yun-ju/Kao Cheng-jui.
The males’s and ladies’s doubles finals will happen on Saturday, whereas Sunday will determine the boys’s and ladies’s singles winners.