Sporting Digest: Table Tennis
SWEDISH OPEN (Karlskrona) Men's singles, quarter-finals: Z Primorac (Croa) bt C Prean (Eng) 21-16 21-17 21-12; A Grubba (Pol) bt J-M Saive (Bel) 15-21 21-11 21-15 21-17; P Korbel (Cz Rep) bt J Rosskopf (Ger) 10-21 21-18 21-9 21-18; Chen Xinhua (Ch) bt J-P Gatien (Fr) 21-19 21-15 14-21 21-18. Semi-finals: Grubba bt Primorac 18-21 17-21 21-17 21-16 1-12; Chen bt Korbel 21-15 21-19 21-18. Final: Grubba bt Chen 15-21 21-18 21-12 19-21 21-18. Women's singles, quarter- finals: Geng Lijuan (Can) bt A Svensson (Swe) 21-8 21-15 22-20; Wang Chen (Ch) bt N Struse (Ger) 21-13 21-11 21-18; C Batorfi (Hung) bt O Badescu (Rom) 17-21 21-9 21-15 21-12; Wu Na (Ch) bt J Schopp (Ger) 22-20 21-15 22-20. Semi- finals: Wang bt Cheng 19-21 22-20 21-19 17-21 21-16; Batorfi bt Wu 21-18 15-21 21-16 12-21 21-18. Final: Batorfi bt Wang 17-21 21-8 19-21 21-19 21-10.
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