The visiting European team, spearheaded by world No 1 Timo Boll of Germany, is aiming for its first victory over its Asian counterparts at the Hyundai Europe-Asia All Stars Table Tennis Challenge.
China avenged its shock world championship defeat to Singapore in emphatic style by romping to a 3-0 win in the Asian Games women's table tennis team final on Tuesday.
China showed its dominance in Asian table tennis as its women's team defended the Asian Games title, crushing Singapore 3-0 at the final encounter on Tuesday.
The final four came out Saturday evening after German table tennis star Timo Boll defeated Chuang Chih-Yuan from Chinese Taipei 4-3 in the last quarterfinals of the 2010 Liebherr men's World Cup.
Teenager sensation Zhang Jike upset four-time World Cup winner Ma Lin to pocket the men's singles title and the 30,000 dollars championship prize money, while comeback Li Xiaoxia saw off defensive specialist Kim Kyung Ah of South Korea for the women's singles crown.
Liu Guoliang, head coach of the Chinese men's table tennis team, confirmed Thursday that the only two spots of men's singles table tennis in China's Asian Games squad will neither be decided by trials nor by local league results.
Japan Table Tennis Association (JTTA) announced yesterday that the Yokohama Asian Table Tennis Championship, which was originally set for March 26-27, would be canceled due to safety issues.