LANZHOU, China, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) — Chinese paddlers lifted two trophies in ladies’s doubles and combined doubles on Saturday on the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender in Lanzhou, northwest China’s Gansu Province.
Wang Manyu and Chen Meng had been topped ladies’s doubles champions, as high seeds Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee of South Korea withdrew from the ultimate due to Shin’s damage.
In the combined doubles last, China’s Kuai Man and Lin Shidong confronted off in opposition to Hina Hayata and Tomokazu Harimoto for the second time this yr. They overturned a 1-0 deficit to beat the Japanese duo 3-2 within the last.
In the lads’s doubles, France’s brothers Alexis Lebrun and Felix Lebrun received in opposition to Xu Yingbin and Lin Shidong 3-2 within the last.
“Chinese paddlers are always tough to beat, so we are very happy to be crowned here in this tournament,” stated elder brother Alexis after the match.
Felix added that this was their first win within the WTT Series last as a pair, and that they might proceed to enhance sooner or later.
In the lads’s singles, Olympic champion Ma Long defeated compatriot Liang Jingkun 3-1 and can face Felix Lebrun within the semifinals.
“I played against Felix Lebrun last year and that was a hard game. I believe his potential has grown a lot during the past year. Tomorrow’s game will not be easy,” stated Ma after the match.
In the ladies’s draw, world champion Sun Yingsha and compatriots Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong crammed all 4 spots within the semifinals.