China pockets five golds at table tennis world tournament

Xu/Liu win mixed doubles

Chinese duo Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen beat defending champions Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan 4-1 (11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-4) to take the mixed doubles crown at the World Table Tennis Championships here on Friday.

The mixed doubles has been added to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics nine days after the Japanese pair claimed the gold at the 2017 World Championships.