GUANGZHOU, China - Title favorite China overcame its setback in the opening game by world champion Wang Liqin and rallied past lower class Romania on day two of the world team table tennis championships here Monday.
Wang, three times singles champion of table tennis worlds, stunned the audience by losing to Andrei Filimon, ranked 74th in world, in his first outing.
Trailing 1-2 on set, Wang failed to adjust himself in time and missed the last chance to come back despite a time-out called by head coach Liu Guoliang.
Chen Qi, holder of the Athens Olympic doubles title, avenged Wang's loss by troucing his opponent 3-0, levelling 1-1 in the first two rubbers.
World number one Wang Hao continued China's rising morale pulling off a clean sweep with a lightning speed.
Back on court, the tall Wang Liqin did not let the audience down by blanking the Romanian 3-0 to ensure China a breathtaking win.
"I didn't adjust myself well following a 1-all at set, which was the main reason for my defeat," said Wang after the match.
Liu blamed Wang's losing ground on his constraint in fighting. "He took the match too seriously. Both Wang and the whole Chinese team need to draw a lesson from it to prevent a recurrence of such scenario, especially at the Olympic Games."
In earlier matches of Group B, Czech Republic's Josef Simoncik staged a nail-biting match against Kim Jung Hoon of the South Korean team despite the squad's final defeat by its Asian rival 1-3. Chinese Taipei overcame a tenacious Sweden to wound up 3-2 and Hungary eliminated Poland with the same score.
Also in Group A, Italy and Austria beat Belgium and Croatia 3-1 respectively.
China will play Croatia on Tuesday.
体坛英语资讯:Indonesia holds tennis test event for 18th Asian Games
体坛英语资讯:Korean star Kim out in 2017 Womens 9-ball?Championship
体坛英语资讯:Rockets coach DAntoni: Zhou Qi is going to be with us most of time
10个关于身体的小秘密,为什么我现在才知道!
川普和普京就叙利亚冲突发表联合声明
国际英语资讯:Father of Texas church shooter speaks to media with grief, hurt
国内英语资讯:Xi, Putin pledge to enhance regional, intl cooperation
国际英语资讯:Vietnam, Australia to forge strategic partnership
国际英语资讯:Saudi Arabia releases 7 out of 208 detained for corruption charges
刷单删差评违法!最高可罚200万
张培基英译散文赏析之《杂感集(节录)》2
体坛英语资讯:Shandong smashes Jilin for four-game CBA winning streak
今年维密要搞事啊,霉霉竟然和前男友、死对头同台?
国内英语资讯:Military, armed police required to study CPC congress spirit
国际英语资讯:UN chief calls for bolder action to curb climate change
体坛英语资讯:Detroit to host 2019 US Figure Skating Championships
普京署名文章:亚太经合组织第二十五次领导人非正式会议:共同走向繁荣与和谐发展
体坛英语资讯:Angola to host second African League of Clubs
体坛英语资讯:Croatia closer to 2018 World Cup after defeating Greece
霍金警告:600年后地球将变成“火球”
体坛英语资讯:Record revenue filed by league leaders Man City
New ape species discovered 科学家发现类人猿新物种
2017年12月英语六级作文范文:买房的重要性
2017年12月英语四级作文范文:保护环境人人有责
国内英语资讯:Silk Road Fund, General Electric set up energy infrastructure investment platform
第三次“习特会”都说了啥?
国际英语资讯:APEC ministerial meeting reaffirms commitment to sustainable, inclusive growth
国际英语资讯:Saudi Arabia accuses Hezbollah of kidnapping Saudi citizen in Lebanon
沙特展开大范围腐败调查关押208人
国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Brexit in midway but breakthrough still far away