Table Tennis
Chen Meng Crowned Tokyo 2020 Women’s Singles Champion
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Thursday, 29 July 2021 08:00
Two of China’s finest players, both making their Olympic Games debut in Tokyo, Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha, displayed the hunger and fight required to compete at the highest level of table tennis in an end-to-end affair. Making the brighter start, second seed Sun looked lively, and her pace caused Chen great difficulty, but the top seed kept her cool…
Review Day Six: Chen Meng adds name to illustrious order
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Thursday, 29 July 2021 11:13
After recording a semi-final win against Singapore’s Yu Mengyu, the no.26 seed, (11-6, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6), Chen Meng, justified her top seeded position; she accounted for colleague Sun Yingsha, the no.2 seed (9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 11-4, 11-9) to claim gold. Success for Chen Meng, followed success for Japan’s Mima Ito; beaten by Sun Yingsha in the penultimate round (11-3,…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games update: Injured Pota withdraws from Women’s Team event
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Wednesday, 28 July 2021 23:07
Hungary’s Georgina Pota has withdrawn from the Women’s Team event in the table tennis competition due to a right elbow injury. The 36-year-old Hungarian, who was seeded 30th, will be replaced by compatriot Fazekas Maria under the Late Athlete Replacement (LAR) policy. Pota last played in the second round of the Women’s singles where she lost to Switzerland’s Rachel Moret…
Day Six: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
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Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:23
Sun sets up All-China Final Sun Yingsha engineered a commanding performance as she took down Mima Ito of Japan 4-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-6, 11-4) in their semi-final clash. The number two seed Chinese has won six of the last eight meetings against Ito, who is seeded one spot below Sun. 20-year-old Sun, who is just 14 days younger than Ito,…
Review Day Five: Yu Mengyu continues to upset the odds
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Wednesday, 28 July 2021 06:43
The no.26 seed, at the quarter-final stage she beat Japan’s Kasumi Ishikawa, the no.5 seed (8-11, 11-5, 14-12, 11-6, 11-2), to reserve her last four place. An upset but history suggests otherwise; since their first encounter at the 2007 ITTF World Tour Brazil Open in Belo Horizonte, they have now met 16 times in international events. It is eight wins…
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Day Two: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
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