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 5/2/2009 H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships

Tuesday 5th May 2009
Men's Singles Final
16.55 China's Wang Hao sinks to his knees as he beats colleague Wang Liqin to win the Men's Singles crown. He beats Wang Liqin 11-9, 13-11, 11-5, 11-9.

Women's Singles Final
16.00 Zhang Yining recovers from a two games to nil deficit to beat Chinese national team colleague Guo Yue in six games. She wins 10-12, 3-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9. Zhang Yining is Olympic and World champion.

 5/5/2009 H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships

The medallists paraded in the Yokohama Arena to bring the H.I.S. World Championships to a close on Tuesday 5th May 2009.

One colour prevailed, it was the colour of red, the colour of the Chinese national team tracksuit; of the 20 medals available; they had secured a staggering 17 and had won all those which were coloured silver and gold.

It was a fact that was acknowledged by Adham Sharara, ITTF President, in his closing speech; once again the Chinese had been superb, in a class of their very own.

 5/5/2009 H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships

In September 2004 at the Volkswagen Open China, in the northern Chinese city of Changchun, the banner read “Wang Hao, we are proud of you”; the reference was to the fact that one month earlier he had suffered agonies, losing to Korea’s Ryu Seung Min in the Men’s Singles final at the Athens Olympic Games.

Four years later at the Beijing Olympics, the silver medal was again his lot but on Tuesday 5th May 2009, the best man became the groom.

In four straight games, in the final of the Men’s Singles event at the H.I.S. World Championships in the Japanese city of Yokohama, Wang Hao was crowned World champion.

 5/5/2009 H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships

China’s Zhang Yining regained her Women’s Singles title on Tuesday 5th May 2009 by beating national team colleague, Guo Yue, in a contest where she recovered from a two games to nil deficit to secure victory.

Guo Yue started in the fast lane, her speed proving the telling factor but from the third game onwards, Zhang Yining gradually assumed control.

Zhang Yining won 10-12, 3-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9.

 5/4/2009 H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships

China’s Chen Qi and Wang Hao, the no.1 seeds, justified their position in the draw, by winning the Men’s Doubles title at the final expense of colleagues and no.2 seeds, Ma Long and Xu Xin, at the H.I.S. World Championships in the Yokohama Arena on Monday 4th May 2009.

It was for Chen Qi a successful defence of the title; in Zagreb in 2007, he had secured the top prize with Ma Lin, the man with whom he won gold in Athens at the Olympic Games in 2004.

In Yokohama, in harness with Wang Hao, victory went his way yet again; the winning margin being 6-11, 13-11, 13-11, 11-5, 11-9.

 5/4/2009 H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships

China’s Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia, the no.1 seeds, won the Women’s Doubles title at the H.I.S. World Championships in Yokohama on Monday 4th May 2009.

At the final hurdle they beat compatriots, Ding Ning and Guo Yan in five games to arrest the title.

They succeeded 11-8, 12-10, 11-4, 3-11, 11-7.

Earlier in the day they had been rivals when Guo Yue had beaten Li Xiaoxia at the semi-final stage of the Women’s Singles event.

 5/4/2009 H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships

China’s 31 year old Wang Liqin booked his place in the final of the Men’s Singles event at the H.I.S. World Championships in Yokohama following a semi-final victory over compatriot Ma Lin early in the evening of Monday 4th May 2009 in an epic struggle.

Wang Liqin, who has not enjoyed the best of form in recent years, displayed the form that took him to Men’s Singles gold at the World Championships in 2001, 2005 and 2007. It was at time vintage Wang Liqin, the master of the counter topspin art of play.