China pockets five golds at table tennis world tournament

Ma/Wang claim men's doubles gold

Chinese duo Ma Long and Wang Chuqin won the men's doubles gold medal, beating Romania's Ovidiu Ionescu and Spain's Alvaro Robles 4-1 at the World Table Tennis Championships here on Saturday.

The Chinese had met some trouble in the second set before they had the match under control and won 11-3, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-5.

This is China's third gold in the Budapest Championships since Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin won the mixed doubles event and China has swept the women's singles semifinal berths.