Table Tennis: China beats Japan in women's team final at junior meet
Asian Economic News, Dec 13, 2004
KOBE, Dec. 1 Kyodo
Defending champion China overpowered Japan 3-0 in the women's team final to win its second straight title at the table tennis world junior championships on Wednesday.
Chang Chenchen put China up with an 11-7, 11-6, 11-8 win over Ai Fukuhara before Fan Ying and Liu Shiwen added victories for the Chinese at Kobe World Memorial Hall in a rematch of last year's final.
Fan defeated Nozomi Hasama 9-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-5 while Liu downed Yuka Ishigaki 11-7, 11-4, 11-5.
Romania edged South Korea 3-2 to take the bronze medal.
In the men's team event, two wins by Ma Long helped China beat South Korea 3-1 in the final and captured its second straight title.
In the bronze medal match, host Japan, edged by China 3-2 in Tuesday's semifinals, pulled off a 3-1 victory over Germany.
In the mixed doubles, the Japanese pair of Fukuhara and Seiya Kishikawa eased into the third round with a pair of straight-sets wins.
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