China, Singapore to battle for TT gold
Saturday, 16 August 2008
BEIJING, Aug 15 : China will take on a supercharged Singapore for a gold medal in the Olympic women's team table tennis tournament after the two Asian powerhouses won their semifinal matches here Friday.
Chinese women, whose triumph seemed to have an air of inevitability, easily took down Hong Kong of China in the semifinal 3-0, while Singapore slew a tenacious South Korea 3-2, a historic victory that ended the city-state's 48-year Olympic medal drought.
The final on Sunday will produce the first team champion in the history of the Olympic Games as the doubles event has been replaced by a round-robin team tournament.
Chinese women, whose triumph seemed to have an air of inevitability, easily took down Hong Kong of China in the semifinal 3-0, while Singapore slew a tenacious South Korea 3-2, a historic victory that ended the city-state's 48-year Olympic medal drought.
The final on Sunday will produce the first team champion in the history of the Olympic Games as the doubles event has been replaced by a round-robin team tournament.