Table Tennis: Golds for China

11th successive women's double title for Chinese

Last updated: 4th May 2009   Subscribe to RSS Feed

<b>Table Tennis:</b> Golds for China

Li Xiaoxia in action

China claimed gold in the men's and women's doubles at the World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama, Japan.

Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia claimed China's second title of the event, defeating Ding Ning and Guo Yan in an all-Chinese women's doubles final.

Guo and Li, who beat Jiang Huajun and Tie Yana of Hong Kong earlier in the day, won 11-8, 12-10, 11-4, 3-11, 11-7.

It was China's 11th successive victory in the women's doubles and 17th overall.

Later on Monday, Chen Qi and Wang Hao came from behind to beat Ma Long and Xu Xin to win the men's doubles.

Top-seeded Chen and Wang, who beat Zhang Jike and Hao Shuai in the semi-finals earlier in the day, beat the second seeds 6-11, 13-11, 13-11, 11-5, 11-9.

On Sunday, Li Ping and Cao Zhen defeated Zhang Jike and Mu Zi to win the mixed doubles title.

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