China wins two more golds at TT worlds

The awe-inspiring Chinese team won the men's singles and women's doubles golds at the world table tennis championships here on Sunday.

China demonstrated its supremacy at these championships as its star players also claimed the women's singles and men's doubles the previous day.

China had a part in the mixed doubles gold as well, with China's world No.2 Xu Xin pairing with South Korean Yang Hae-un to win the title.

The finals on the last matchday were played between Chinese again, with Ma Long defeating giant killer Fang Bo 4-2 for the men's singles title while Liu Shiwen/Zhu Yuling getting past Ding Ning/Li Xiaoxia in seven sets for the women's doubles gold.

The most anticipated men's singles final between world No.1 Ma and twice defending champion Zhang Jike came to halt when Zhang lost to Fang 4-1 uncharacteristically in earlier semifinals held in day session.

But Fang, the world number 14, managed to steal two sets and produce some dicey moments in others while playing against the 26-year-old Ma in the final.

"Fang played a very tough game tonight. I was fully prepared for the final since he defeated Zhang Jike in the semifinals. It's not easy to play against him but I can always stay calm during the match," Ma said of the match.

However, a much more experienced Ma could always raise his game much above the level and pulled away when it counted.

Ma's victory made him China's 11th and newest men's singles world champion, and it is China's 17th total men's singles title.

"It's like a dream come true. After all these days sometimes it was like torture because I had about seven matches in six days. At the end of the day I think all the torture was worth it," said Ma. Endi