South Korea, China to Clash for Table Tennis Gold

2006-12-03 09:19:32 Xinhua

South Korea outplayed Hong Kong of China 3-0 in the men's table tennis team semifinals of the Asian Games on Saturday, setting up a title clash with world champion China.

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Cheung Yuk should have sent Hong Kong to a flying start, winning the first set of the opening game against Oh Sang Eun and leading 2-1 after the third set. But his momentum was just gone in the last two sets, losing the game 3-2 (9-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9).

Leading 9-8 in the fifth set, Cheung granted Oh a 9-9 tie with a mistake and then lost a rally to get himself 9-10 down before losing the decider.

Olympic champion Ryu Seung Min put South Korea two up by beating Li Ching 3-2 (4-11, 13-11, 11-4, 4-11, 11-9) and Lee Jung Woo crushed Leung Chu Yan 4-1 (11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8) in the third game.

Sunday's final will see the fourth straight championship clash between China and South Korea. China had won the previous three encounters in 1994, 1998 and 2002.

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