Wang Beats Ou Sang-eun in Men's Singles Semis

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Wang Beats Ou Sang-eun in Men's Singles Semis

China's world top-ranked Wang Liqin ousted South Korean Ou Sang-eun 4-1 to make it to the singles final at the Asian Games table tennis tournament Wednesday. Chuang Chih-yuan of Chinese Taipei gave a 4-0 beating to Chinese Kong Linghui, Olympic champion in 2000.

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China's world No. 1 Wang Liqin outclassed South Korea's team ace Oh Sang-eun 4-1 for a berth in the men's singles final of the 14th Asian Games table tennis competition Wednesday.

Wang, who had never lost to Oh in their past encounters, claimed the victory by 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6.

Wang had also overwhelmed the world No. 17 Oh once at this Asiad in a team final clash between China and the host team.

South Korean head coach Yoo Nam-kyu had predicted on Tuesday that either Wang or Oh would become the singles champion at this Asiad.

In the other semifinal, China's veteran Kong Linghui lost 0-4 to Chinese Taipei's world No. 10 Chuang Chih-yuan. Kong, a "grandslam" winner of World Cup, Olympic and world championship titles and now ranked 6th in the world, seemed to have given up after conceding a very close second game 15-17.

The game scores were 6-11, 15-17, 4-11 and 4-11.

Chuang had also edged out South Korea's defending champion Kim Taek-soo in Tuesday's quarterfinals.

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