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Article: China storm into men's table tennis final after beating South Korea
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 16, 2008
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China storm into men's table tennis final after beating South
Korea
BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The star-studded Chinese men's team
whitewashed South Korea 3-0 to storm into the table tennis team
finals at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday.
The mighty trio of Ma Lin, Wang Hao, Wang Liqin eased past
underdog South Korea 3-2, 3-1, 3-0 in straight sets in less than two
hours.
Four-time World Cup winner Ma Lin was made to sweat in his clash
with 15th-ranked Oh Sang Eun who fought hammer and tongs to lead the
match but was denied 2-3 (8-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-13, 5-11).
On the heels of Ma's advantage, world number one Wang Hao, 24,
displayed unusual sangfroid to demolish reigning Olympic ...