Defending champions China won a Doha final rematch over South Korea on Tuesday to claim their eighth Asian Games men's table tennis team title.
China won a Doha final rematch over South Korea on Tuesday, claiming its eighth men's table tennis team title in Asian Games. [Photo: cfp.cn]
Defending champions China won a Doha final rematch over South Korea on Tuesday to claim their eighth Asian Games men's table tennis team title.
It is the fifth straight Asiad team gold for the all-time leaders of men's table tennis, as they trounced South Korea in their fifth consecutive final encounter in an Asiad.
Showing unstoppable form, Wang Hao, Ma Lin and Ma Long crushed the South Koreans 3-0, without losing a set.
After Wang Hao's 11-7, 11-5, 11-8 win over veteran Oh Sang-Eun, world's No. 5 Ma Lin defeated Joo Sae-Hyuk 11-3, 11-7 11-9. The 22-year-old Ma Long seized the victory by winning over Lee Jung-Woo 11-9, 11-6, 11-4.
"Chinese players have gathered experience from the Asian Games," said China head coach Liu Guoliang.
China eliminated Japan 3-0 in Monday's semifinals and Liu Guoliang said Japan and South Korea were China's "arch rivals".
