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| Chinese Wang Nan returns the ball during a Group A match with Czech
Republic during the team event of the 48th World Table Tennis
Championships in Bremen, north Germany, April 24, 2006. China beat Czech
Republic 3-0. (Xinhua photo) | BREMEN, Germany, April
24 (Xinhua) -- Veteran Chinese women table tennis player Wang Nan had a hard
time here Monday in playing against her Czech rival Renata Strbikova at the 48th
World Table Tennis Team Championships in the first round group competitions.
Wang lost her first two games 8-11 and 7-11.
But Wang gradually adjusted herself into form in the
last three games by winning the third and fourth at 11-4 and 12-10.
In the decisive game, Wang overtook Strbikova from
1-3 down and went all the way to win 11-3, putting China to a 2-0 lead over the
Czech Republic.
Before Wang, the world No.1 woman player Zhang Yining
beat Czech Republic's Jana Dobesova at 3-0. Enditem
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