NewsWhore
05-25-2007, 04:40 PM
Dominican-Chinese table tennis stars Lin Ju and Nieves Xue have started off well at the World Table Tennis Championships being held in Croatia. Both stars won their opening round matches and have now advanced to the second round of the international tournament. Lin managed to beat Hong Kong native Lai Chak in his first round match up. Chak is ranked number 25 in the world, adding some excitement to the victory. Lin will now face his toughest competitor yet. He will face German Timo Boll who is currently ranked third in the word. This will be the second time Lin faces Boll. The first time he lost to Boll 4-1 at the World Championships in France. Meanwhile, Nieves beat German Elke Wosik who is ranked 37th in the world. She will now face Australian Jia Liu who is ranked 14th in the world.
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