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Ma Lin upset in table tennis worlds second round

2013-05-17 11:13 Xinhua     Web Editor: Mo Hong'e comment

Former Olympic champion and world No. 8 Ma Lin was upset by Japan's Kenta Matsudaira in the second round the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Thursday.

The 33-year-old Ma, gold medalist in the Beijing Olympic Games, was simply overpowered by Matsudaira 5-11, 7-11, 4-11, 14-12, 7-11.

The 58th-ranked Japanese also took a sweet revenge on his defeat four years ago at the 1999 Yakohama worlds, when he forced Ma to seven sets but lost 3-4.

Ma, who has won four World Cup titles plus his Olympic gold medal, is playing his ninth and last world championships.

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