ATHENS, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Sweden's table tennis legend and five-time Olympian Jan-Ove Waldner said here Tuesday that he didn't plan to participate in the next Olympic Games to be hosted in Beijing, China four years later.

    "Even if I do well here in Athens and in the next (table tennis)World Championships, I am not going to be present in Beijing 2008," said Waldner after he won a third round match against Serbia and Montenegro player Aleksandar Karakasevic 4-2 Tuesday evening.

    Waldner, who conceded the third and fifth game in the match, said that he enjoyed the match "even if it was tough". "It was good for me that I got the feeling of the single match," he added.

    The 39-year-old Swede, the first "grand slam" winner of singles titles at world championships, World Cup and the Olympic Games in the table tennis history, will play Chinese ace paddler Ma Lin in the next round.

    "Ma and I played many times before and it would definitely be a tough match for me as Ma is one of the top-seeded players in this tournament," said Waldner.

    "If I win, it will be a big surprise for me, and for him (Ma) too," he added. "Anyway, I have nothing to lose, so I can take risk in the match."

    The Swede has participated in the Olympic Games for five times since table tennis became an official event of the Games in Seoul 1988. He was crowned singles champion in Barcelona 1992.

    At all major international tournaments including the Olympics in recent years, Waldner had been repeatedly asked when he will quit his professional career, but each time he refused to give a clear answer. Enditem