Taipei Times
Date: Jul 23, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Taiwanese 17-year-old table tennis player Lin Yun-ju on Sunday won the men’s singles title at the T2 Diamond tournament in Malaysia.

The teenager defeated China’s Fan Zhendong, who was the word’s top-ranked player in 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, but Fan then found his form to briefly threaten a comeback as he took the third game 11-8.    [FULL  STORY]