China Wins 3 Titles in Asian Table Tennis Championships

An under-strength Chinese team won the mixed doubles but lost the men's and women's doubles at the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Doha on Sunday.

Yan Sen and Yang Ying beat South Korea's Kim Taek Soo and Lee Eun Sil 21-15, 16-21, 22-20 to win China's third title after the men's team and women's team victories.

China's top men players Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang, ranked second and third respectively in the world, and the world top two women Wang Nan and Li Ju skipped the championships.

Chinese Taipei's Chang Yuan-Su and Tsui Hsiu-Li and South Korea 's Lee Chul Cheung and Ryu Ji Hye shared the mixed doubles third place.

Chiang Peng-Lung and Chang Yuan-Su, of Chinese Taipei, won the men's doubles after beating Cheung Yuk and Liang En Zhu of Hong Kong, China, in straight sets in the best-of-three final.

Chinese Wang Liqin and Yan Sen and Japanese Iseki Seiko and Tasaki Toshio were joint third.

In an all-South Korean women's doubles final, Lee Eun Sil and Suk Eun Mi downed Ryu Ji Hye and Kim Moo Kyo in three sets. Chinese Yang Ying and Sun Jin, and Song Ah Sim and Kwok Fong Fong from Hong Kong, China, shared the third place.



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