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Taiwan’s Lin Yun-ju wins his first table tennis title

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Taipei Times
Date: Aug 27, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Taiwanese table tennis player Lin Yun-ju earned his first International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)

Taiwan’s Lin Yun-ju Lin returns during his men’s singles final against Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany at the ITTF World Tour Czech Open in Olomouc on Sunday.
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World Tour men’s singles title, defeating two German veterans in his semi-final and final at the Czech Open in Olomouc on Sunday.

Lin, 18, took the title with a comfortable 11-9, 11-5, 4-11, 11-5, 11-9 win over world No. 11 Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the final, earning US$21,000 in prize money and soaring to new heights in his fledgling career.

“I am very happy about winning my first men’s singles title on the ITTF World Tour,” Lin told the ITTF Web site after the final.    [FULL  STORY]

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