Top seed Xu Xin reaches second round in Paris tournament
Updated: 2013-05-16 11:23
(Xinhua)
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China's Xu Xin plays against Steffen Mengel of Germany in their men's singles opening round at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Paris, May 15, 2013. [Photo/Agencies] |
PARIS - Top seed Xu Xin of China reached the second round with a straight-set victory over Steffen Mengel of Germany at the World Table Tennis Championships here on Wendesday.
Xu, last year's runner-up in the World Cup at Liverpool, had little trouble to beat the the 163rd-ranked Mengel 11-5, 11-8, 11-2, 11-8.
The second-ranked Xu, bidding to win his first title at major world tournament, will next take on Sweden's Par Gerell, who eliminated Lin Ju of Chinese Taipei.
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