Wang Liqin dropped out of Chinese TT squad for Asiad
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Former world No. 1 and three-time world championship men's singles winner Wang Liqin has been dropped out of China's table tennis squad for the upcoming Asian Games in Guangzhou.
The 32-year-old Wang, who has not played an international event since the World vs China Challenge in Beijing last May, was originally called up for the Nov. 12-27 Asian Games with trinomial task on shoulder, namely the men's team, the men's doubles and the mixed doubles, but was left out at the last moment.
Liu Guoliang, head coach of the Chinese men's team, said that the 20-year-old Xu Xin, also a Shanghai native, will replace Wang.
"We made the decision for the better future of China's table tennis," Liu explained to Xinhua via the phone.
"China made a clean sweep of gold medals in table tennis at the Beijing Olympic Games, and to make sure that we can repeat the glory in London 2012, we must give our young players, like Xu Xin, more opportunities to get experienced.
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