Sporting Digest: Table Tennis

MEN'S INTERNATIONAL England v Japan (Bletchley) England bt Japan 4-2. C Prean bt K Nakamura 21-10 21-14; M Syed lost to Y Matsushita 15-21 21-13 17-21; A Eden lost to K Matsushita 12-21 9-21; Prean bt Y Matsushita 21-10 21-13; Eden bt Y Morimoto 14-21 21-10 22-20; Syed bt Nakamura 21-17 21-16.

WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL (Warwick) Japan bt England 6-4. L Lomas bt Y Fujita 21-14 21-9; K Goodall bt S Matsusaki 8-21 21-18 21-13; S Marling lost to C Koyama 9-21 15-21; Lomas and Goodall bt Matsusaki and Koyama 21-17 21-9; N Deaton lost to M Endo 10-21 11-21; Marling and Deaton lost to Endo and Fujita 17- 21 21-19 16-21; Lomas bt Koyama 22-20 18-21 21-13; Goodall lost to Fujita 10-21 17-21; Marling lost to Endo 15-21 14-21; Deaton lost to Matsusaki 16-21 22-20 18-21.