Asserting their supremacy, Chinese paddlers completed a clean sweep by clinching all the seven titles, including men and women singles, in the 19th Asian Table Tennis Championships here today.
World number two Ma Long defeated compatriot Zhang Jike 4-2 to bag the men's singles title, while Ding Ning won the women's singles by snatching a 4-3 victory over Li Xiaoxia in another all-Chinese affair.
In men's final, Long went off to a attacking start by winning three consecutive games 11-8, 11-2, 11-5, following which the world number 16 tried to fight back by writing the next two games to his name (14-12, 11-3).
However, Long soon foiled his opponent's bid by winning the sixth game (11-5) and thus wrapped up the issue in style. In women's final, World number nine Ning rallied from 0-1 down position to prevail over her higher ranked opponent Xiaoxia (4th) in a keenly contested encounter, which entralled the motley gathering at the Uttar Pradesh Badminton Academy.
Both the Chinese eves waged a tooth and nail battle, which Ning won 5-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7. Meanwhile, Long and Xu Xin won men's doubles title in the prestigious tournament by outplaying country mates Wang Liqin and Jike 4-0 in a lop-sided encounter.
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