Article: Roundup: Powerhouses open high at table tennis team worlds

Roundup: Powerhouses open high at table tennis team worlds

GUANGZHOU, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Structure to the table tennis world seems to remain stern in classifications as the traditional powerhouses of the sport all made flying start here on Sunday at their round-robin first matches of the world team championship.

Defending champions China met little resistance, beating Russiain the women's team opening round and Belgium in the men's withoutlosing a game, while South Korea, Hong Kong of China, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Austria and Croatia all saw victories from both events.

For both the men's and women's team events, each 24 teams in four

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