Tag: Ma Long

  • China Sports Weekly (5.28–6.3)

    China Sports Weekly (5.28–6.3)

    BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) — Here are the latest Chinese sports headlines from the past week: 1. China sweeps five titles at Durban table tennis worlds © Provided by Xinhua China secured all five titles on offer as the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) finals concluded in Durban, South Africa on 28 May. Fan…

  • China’s Wang escapes the nail biter in the table tennis world title defense

    China’s Wang escapes the nail biter in the table tennis world title defense

    © Provided by Xinhua All Chinese paddlers have reached the singles in the 16s after the Day 5 events at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) finals. DURBAN, South Africa, May 24 (Xinhua) — Defending champion Wang Manyu of China triumphed in a full-game thriller against Hanna Haponova of Ukraine to book a place…

  • China sweeps the women’s semifinal berths in the WTT Cup Finals

    XINXIANG, China, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — Chinese women paddlers showed their dominance by taking all the semi-final spots at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Cup Finals here on Friday. Wang Manyu recorded the same score of 11-4 in three games to dispatch Mima Ito, helping her win over the Japanese ace in the final of…

  • The WTT Cup finals kick off in Xinxiang

    XINXIANG, China, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) — Chinese paddlers had a good opening day as the World Cup Table Tennis (WTT) Finals kicked off in Xinxiang, central China’s Henan Province on Thursday. Chinese women paddlers got off to a flying start at the WTT Cup final as Wang Yidi and Sun Yingsha both won 3-0 against…

  • China was crowned the men’s team for the tenth consecutive time in the table tennis world

    CHENGDU, China, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) — China made short work of their German counterparts 3-0 in the men’s final here Sunday at the World Table Tennis Championships, lifting the Swaythling Cup for the 10th consecutive time and a record 22 times overall. The last team to stop China in a men’s team final at worlds…

  • China and Japan meet in the women’s final of the table tennis team world

    CHENGDU, China, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) — Title favorites China and Japan cleared the women’s semifinals at the World Team Championships here on Friday to compete in the final. World top three players Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu defeated their respective rivals 3-0 to help China crush Chinese Taipei 3-0, while Chen Meng struggled…

  • China, Sweden sail into men’s quarters of table tennis team worlds

    CHENGDU, China, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — Hosts China’s men’s table tennis team claimed their fifth straight win against India to set up a men’s quarterfinal against Sweden at the World Team Championships here on Thursday. Indian men’s table tennis team surprisingly beat Germany in the group stage, but there was not much they could do…

  • China wins big at WTT Star Contender in Budapest

    BUDAPEST, July 17 (Xinhua) – The Chinese players won the men’s singles, women’s singles and doubles titles on the final day of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender here on Sunday. In the women’s singles final, Chinese Wang Yidi won four matches in a row after going down one match to defeat second seed…

  • Chinese couple wins mixed doubles at WTT Star Contender in Budapest

    BUDAPEST, July 16 (Xinhua) – The Chinese couple Wang Chuqin / Wang Manyu returned from two matches to defeat the Japanese duo Harimoto Tomokazu / Hayata Hina for the mixed doubles title at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender held here on Saturday. In the mixed doubles final, Wang Chuqin / Wang Manyu lost…

  • Interview: Ball proud to fight against generations of Chinese champions

    By sports writers Liu Yang, Zhang Yuan and Oliver Trust BERLIN, September 1 (Xinhua) – German table tennis’ evergreen Timo Boll says he’s proud to fight generations of Chinese table tennis champions, with Ma Lin and Fan Zhendong his toughest opponents. In a new interview with Xinhua, Boll recalled his experiences of tackling world champions…

  • Day 14 Roundup: China won two golds, Italy and Jamaica won 100m relays

    Day 14 Roundup: China won two golds, Italy and Jamaica won 100m relays

    © Provided by Xinhua With two more golds on day 14, China remains at the top of the medal count at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. TOKYO, August 6 (Xinhua) – Two golds in table tennis and athletics helped China maintain its place at the top of the gold medal count. China has chopped…

  • Last places for table tennis men’s team at Tokyo Olympics

    TOKYO, August 6 (Xinhua) – The following are the final placements of the table tennis men’s team at the Tokyo Olympics this Friday: 1. China (Xu Xin, Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin) Germany (Patrick Franziska, Timo Boll, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Benedikt Duda) Japan (Yukiya Uda, Jun Mizutani, Tomokazu Harimoto, Koki Niwa) South Korea (An Jaehyun,…

  • China and South Korea meet in the semifinals of table tennis for men at the Olympics in Tokyo

    China and South Korea meet in the semifinals of table tennis for men at the Olympics in Tokyo

    © Provided by Xinhua Chinese table tennis men’s team will fight against South Korea in the semifinals after crushing France 3-0. TOKYO, August 2 (Xinhua) – Defending champions China booked a table tennis semi-final against South Korea at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo after beating France 3-0 on Monday, but the world’s first fan Zhendong…