Tag: Mima Ito

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…
May 25, 2023
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…
October 28, 2022
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…
October 27, 2022
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…
October 7, 2022
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…
October 6, 2022
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…
July 18, 2022
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…
July 17, 2022
China sweeps into the semifinals of the women’s singles at Table Tennis Worlds
© Provided by Xinhua NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 27 (Xinhua) – Chinese paddlers continued to shine in the 2021 Table Tennis World Championships held in Houston, reaching the semifinals of the women’s singles at Sunday’s all-Chinese competitions. World No.1 Chen Meng joined teammates Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi in the last four, after outclassing…
November 28, 2021
China sweeps into the semifinals of women’s singles in the world of table tennis
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 27 (Xinhua) – Chinese paddlers continued to shine in the 2021 Table Tennis World Championships held in Houston, reaching the semifinals of the women’s singles at Sunday’s all-Chinese competitions. World No.1 Chen Meng joined teammates Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi in the last four, after outclassing their respective rivals in…
November 28, 2021
Four Chinese male paddlers drawn in the same half in the Houston Worlds
HOUSTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) – Four of China’s five elite athletes, including world number 1 Fan Zhendong, will share a star-studded top half of the men’s singles after the draw for the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships here on Sunday. Fan, who participated in the draw ceremony with the newly crowned Olympic women’s singles champion…
November 22, 2021
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…
August 7, 2021
China leads gold when teenage diver Quan shines at the Olympics in Tokyo
© Provided by Xinhua With three days left of the Olympic competition, China won one gold each in diving and table tennis on Thursday to stay on top of the gold medal table. TOKYO, August 5 (Xinhua) – China continued its gold rush in diving and table tennis on Thursday to hold on to the…
August 5, 2021