Mixed doubles hopefuls Wong and Doo get promising draw at table tennis worlds
South China Morning Post
23-05-19 08:06
Hong Kong's Wong Chun-ting and Doo Hoi-kem have been handed a “decent” mixed doubles draw for the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban. The No 6 seeds will avoid facing a pairing from China, Japan, South Korea or Taiwan before the semi-finals, if they make it that far. Hong Kong’s men’s team coach Liu Guodong believes “a top-eight spot or even a medal is achievable.” Wong and Doo are expected to face Indian pair Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra, the world No 5, in the quarter-finals, before a potential face-off with the tournament’s top seeds Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in the last four.