Zhang Yining of China had the biggest win at the Pro Tour Grand
Finals table tennis tournament with a win over her teammate Olympic
Champion Wang Nan in Yokohama, Japan on Sunday.
Zhang, who had never beaten Wang before at home and abroad including
the final of the 1999 world championships, gained sweet revenge
with a 21-10, 19-21, 26-24, 9-21, 21-11 to win the women's singles
title.
Earlier in the day, Olympic champions Wang Liqin and Yan Sen, and
silver medallists Sun Jin and Yang Ying completed China's clean
sweep by winning the doubles crowns.
Wang and Yan edged past South Korea's Kim Taek-Soo and Oh Sung-
Eun 18-21, 17-21, 21-19, 21-14, 22-20 to win the men's title, while
Sun and Yang powered past Japan's Akiko Takeda and Mayu Kawagoe
21-13, 21-11, 21-17 to win the women's.
Wang Liqin made it a double victory for him by beating Liu Guozheng
21-17, 21-14, 21-18 for the men's singles trophy to wind up the
four-day competition.
(People's Daily /1/14/01)
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