China on Wednesday beat Singapore 3-0 to win the women's team
gold medal at the "Good Luck Beijing" International Table Tennis
Invitational Tournament, a test event for the 2008 Olympics.
In the singles, Guo Yan eased past Feng Tianwei 11-6, 11-3, 11-8
and teenager Guo Yue, ranked third in the world, defeated Yu Mengyu
11-8, 11-6, 11-6.
China's Guo Yue serves to
Singapore's Yu Mengyu in the third round competition of women's
team event at the "Good Luck Beijing" 2007 Table Tennis
International Invitational Tournament in Beijing, capital of China,
Dec. 19, 2007. Guo Yue won the match 3-0 and China defeated
Singapore 3-0.
In the doubles, Guo Yue paired with Li Xiaoxia, the singles
winner of the ITTF ProTour Finals on Sunday, winning over Sun
Beibei/Feng Tianwei 11-5, 11-7, 11-9.
China had defeated Hong Kong and Europe 3-0 in round robin
Tuesday.
The "Good Luck Beijing" event is held to test the operation and
facility of the Olympic table tennis venue which is on the campus
of the prestigious Peking University.
The test event uses the Olympic format which includes singles
and doubles in the team competition, unlike the world team
championships that only features singles games.
China's Guo Yan returns the
ball to Singapore's Feng Tianwei in the third round competition of
women's team event at the "Good Luck Beijing" 2007 Table Tennis
International Invitational Tournament in Beijing, capital of China,
Dec. 19, 2007. Guo Yan won the match 3-0 and China beat Singapore
3-0.
China's Guo Yue (front in
L)/Li Xiaoxia match against Singapore's Sun Beibei/Feng Tianwei in
the third round competition of women's team event at the "Good Luck
Beijing" 2007 Table Tennis International Invitational Tournament in
Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 19, 2007. Guo Yue/Li Xiaoxia won
the match 3-0 and China beat Singapore 3-0.
(Xinhua News Agency December 20, 2007)