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China’s Fan claims third straight ITTF World Cup
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Fan Zhendong became the first winner of three straight World Cup titles after he was crowned at the ITTF Men’s World Cup finals in Weihai, Shandong Province, last night.
Top-seeded Fan, who beat compatriot and second seed Ma Long 4-3 (3-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6, 7-11, 7-11, 11-9), also became only the second player to win four World Cup titles in the 40-year-old history of the event, tying the record set by Chinese table tennis legend Ma Lin. Winning 14 out of 18 head-to-heads with Fan in ITTF competitions, Grand Slam winner Ma has now lost in their last two meetings. “It feels so good to win a championship and I cherish this one even more as it comes from a very tough match,” said Fan. Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan was third after edging out Jang Woo-jin from South Korea in another seven-game thriller 7-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 14-12, 6-11, 11-5.
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