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A Sino-Sweden showdown
TIANJIN. China. May 7: China's chunky world number two Wang Tao. spurred on by a fanatical ho-
iik crowd. bounced back to his brilliant best today to steer China into the men s team final at the World Table Tennis Championships. reports Reuter.
The favourites, stretched to five matches for the first time in the tournament by a tenacious South Korean team, will on Monday meet defending champions Sweden, who defeated France 3-1 in another epic struggle.
While Wang produced the stuff of champions at just the right time. France's world number four Jean-Philippe Gatien continued his Chinese nightmare by losing twice, the first to 1992 Olympic champion Jan-Ove Waldner which ievellSr the tie at 1 -1 ~
Wang. 27. who had blamed his lacklustre form on the stadium lighting, was on fire in both his matches add in the decider against world number five Kim Taek-Soo produced some of the best table tennis of the competition.
He had earlier silenced the South Korean supporters drums by easily winning the first match of the tie 21-17. 21-9 against world number 14 Yoo Nam-Kyu
But after two shock defeats for China's number two Ma Wenge at the hands of Kim and Yoo. the pressure was on Wang in the decider against the world s best pen-hold grip player.
The result was never in doubt, with Wang running away with the first game 21-14, and smashing his way past the bemused Kim. to clinch the second 21 16 after taking a 17-7 lead.
Chinese Coach Cai Zhenhua admitted Wang had performed poorly before the semifinals but was now back on to of his game.
"Wang is under so much pressure from the Chinese fans to perform and that has affected him until today." he said.
The final against Sweden will be a repeat of the East-West showdown at the last World Championship^ two years ago. in Gothenburg, when the home country won 3-1 for their third consecutive title.
But Cai said he was ready for the Swedes this time. "Since our defeat in the last World Championships, we have watched them closely and know their skills and game well."
The Chinese could so easily have been facing France in Monday’s final but 26-year-old Gatien. nursing a strained muscle in his left-arm. was unable to match the power of Waldner in his first match and Peter Karlsson in his second.
The 24-22. 21-16 loss to Karlsson. Gatien's sixth defeat in the tournament, which won the rubber for Sweden, hinged on the first game which the Frenchman had dominated in the early stages.
He allowed Karlsson to claw his way back from 17-14 down and squandered three game points before the Sweden took It with a searing backhand.
"If Gatien had won that first game, the match result might have been different. Karlsson got so much confidence from it.” Swedish coach Soren Ahlen told reporters.
The Swedes had an unexpected early scare when France s Patrick Chila. ranked only 27 in the world, upset Karlsson, who is ranked 18 places above nim
But 1991 world champion Jorgen Persson, 29. who had played a key role in the defeat of Germany in the quarter-finals, won the third match against Christophe Legout in three hard-fought games to set up the Karlsson victory.
The French tactic of using three left-handers failed to upset the Swedes, even though Persson was known to dislike playing against them.
"We countered that by putting in (number one) Waldner last, so that if it got to 2-2 it would put a lot of pressure on them. I think that confused them,” Ahlen said.
The French were not overly disappointed by the defeat and Gatien made no excuses. "I had no problems with the arm. I have always found it difficult to play against Karlsson and rarely win against him."
The veteran Swedes, playing the same squad of players for the fourth consecutive championships, are confident they can beat the Chinese. "It will be tough but we can win if we play as well as we are." Ahlen said.
Yaiig Hyun-Chui, coach of the defeated South Koreans, agreed. "Being a player with a tennis grip. Wang plays very well against pen holders like Him and Yoo, but things will be very different against the Swedes."
Meanwhile earlier on Saturday, world number one Deny Yaping was in superb form in China's 3-1 win over Romania to earn a place in the women’s team event final.
Deng, 22, virtually beat the Romanians single handed as she played three straight matches including the gamewinning fourth where she overpowered Emilia Ciosu 21-4. 21-9. China face South Korea in the final.