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Table tennis day 2 roundup: Chinese table tennis girls lock opponents in Olympic debut

ATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- After two days of waiting, the all- mighty Chinese female paddlers finally locked their opponents in their debut matches at the Athens Olympics as the first two rounds of women's singles competition concluded here Sunday evening.

In the last 32 playoffs, or the third round, scheduled for Tuesday, China's world No.1 Zhang Yining, Sydney Olympic double champion and world No.2 Wang Nan and world No.3 Niu Jianfeng will meet Li Chunli of New Zealand, Kim Yun Mi of the DPR Korea, and Elke Wosik of Germany respectively.

Li, Kim and Wosik beat Tawny Banh of the United States, ...

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