 Over to the men
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-08-23 10:29
The Chinese scoop of the women's table tennis titles is set to be played out in the men's arena, with three players on the Chinese team blazing into the semifinals. "It's the Great Wall," said the lone non-Chinese to advance, Sweden's Jorgen Persson, who won Croatia's Zoran Primorac 4-1. "But look at the history of the Olympics. In the five gold medals (in the men's singles event), two are Chinese, two are Korean and one is Sweden. So they are strong, but it's breakable." Persson will play world No 1 Wang Hao, who beat Hong Kong's Ko Lai-chak 4-1. World No 4 Wang Liqin, who won Croatia's Tan Ruiwu, will play No 2, Ma Lin, who advanced after winning the Republic of Korea's Oh Sang-eun 4-0. Oh has been one of the only players so far in the Olympic competition to cause any problems for the Chinese. The Korean took Ma to five games during the team event, but lost 3-2. "I prepared for a lot of difficulties because his level of play was close to mine," Ma said. "He had been playing very well he only lost two games, both to me." Agencies (China Daily 08/23/2008 page3) |
