Taiwanese table tennis player wins T2 Diamond tournament in Malaysia

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/07/22
By: Long Po-an and Chung Yu-chen

Taiwan 17-year-old table tennis player Lin Yun-ju (林昀儒) / photo from facebook.com/ITTFWorld

Taipei, July 22 (CNA) Taiwan 17-year-old table tennis player Lin Yun-ju (林昀儒) won the men's singles title at the T2 Diamond tournament in Malaysia Sunday.

The teen defeated China's Fan Zhendong (樊振東), who was the word's top ranker player for the first six months of the year, 4-1 in the final.

In the first game, Lin took a 10-5 lead and kept up the pressure on Fan to win 11-7.

Lin continued to play to a high level in the second game, which he won 11-4. However, Fan then found his form to briefly threaten a comeback as he took the third game 11-8.
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