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(Sports) China wins gold in men's singles at Asian table tennis championships

Xinhua, October 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's Fan Zhendong on Saturday clinched the gold medal in men's singles at the 22th Asian Table Tennis Championships (ATTC) in Pattaya, Thailand.

Fan beat his teammate Xu Xin 4:3 to win the sixth gold for the Chinese team and the fourth for himself at the ATTC that concluded on Saturday.

China also pocketed gold in men's team, women's team, mixed doubles, men's doubles and women's singles.

"Of course I'm very excited to win four medals here at the Asian Championships, especially in the men's singles. I have lost to Xu Xin several times after playing full seven-games matches in international tournaments, so I had a lot of desire to win this match against him," Fan said after the final.

"Playing in four events has been a great challenge for myself. It has been tiring, but also very rewarding," he said.

It was definitely an exciting match, also difficult mentally and strategically, Xu Xin said after missing the gold medal.

Later in the day, Kim Hye Song and Ri Mi Gyong from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) grabbed the final gold medal of the ATTC after accounting for Japan's Hirano Miu and Ito Mima 4:0 in the final of women's doubles.

The Chinese pair, Zhu Yuling and Chen Meng, withdrew from the semi-final as Chen got injured on the previous day and thus was unable to proceed with the contest.

As a result, the DPRK pair advanced to the final automatically.

More than 290 players from 37 countries and regions in Asia contested in the ATTC that opened on Sept. 26. Endi