Waldner keeps clean record at table tennis World Cup ����Sweden's Jan-Ove Waldner was the only player to keep a clean sheet on the opening day of the 16-man World Cup table tennis tournament at Zhongshan on October 28. ����The 34-year-old Walnder, who has won a "Grand Slam" of the Olympic, world championships and World Cup singles titles, edged out Asian champion Wang Liqin 21-14, 18-21, 21-17 after routing Austrian Qian Qianli 21-18, 21-11 this afternoon. ����Wang, ranked 7th in the world, was virtually shut out of the last eight after losing to Japanese Koji Matsushita in three sets and then to table tennis giant Waldner. ����Reigning world champion Liu Guoliang, who lost to Belgian Jean-Michel Saive this afternoon, nipped South Korean Kim Taek Soo 19-21, 21-13, 21-15. Kim had beaten Liu both in the World Cup and Asian Games last year. ����World No. 1-ranked Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus kept his hope alive as he downed China's former world singles champion Kong Linghui 21-15, 20-22, 21-17 in the evening. ����Early in the day, Kong blanked Argentina's Liu Song 21-13, 21-17 while Samsonov lost to world bronze medalist Werner Schlager of Austria 17-21, 21-12, 21-18. ����Sixteen top-ranked players and continental champions were split to four groups at the annual World Cup. The top two group leaders qualify for the knock-out stage on Saturday. ����(Xinhua) SportsNews 1999-10-29 Page8 Full Story in Chinese