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Article: Roundup: Powerhouses open high at table tennis team worlds
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- February 24, 2008
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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