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ITTF World Team Table Tennis Finals: China Avenges S. Korea To Reach Men's Semis
ITTF World Team Table Tennis: China avenged their group stage loss with a 3-0 victory over South Korea in the men's quarterfinals at the 2026 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals on Friday. World No. 1 Wang Chuqin gave China the lead with a five-game victory over Oh Jun-sung, who had scored two points in a 3-1 win over China in the group match with Wang rested.
Wang had a 3-1 win-loss record in their head-to-head, with his only defeat coming from the men's singles quarterfinal at the 2024 Asian Championships. Wang won 11-9 in a closely contested first game, before cruising to an 11-1 victory to double the lead.
Playing in his first team worlds, Oh began clawing back in the third game, triumphing 11-8 and 11-7 to force a decider. Unfazed by the comeback, Wang took the fifth game 11-7 to move the defending champion ahead, reports Xinhua.
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