Taiwan on Friday finished second in the men’s portion of the Asian Table Tennis Championships after losing to South Korea 1-3, tying their best record in the category.
The team — comprising Chuang Chih-yuan, Chen Chien-an and Feng Yi-hsin — lost in the best-of-five match series, grabbing a silver medal for the third time after similar wins in 2000 and 2003.
At the Games in Doha, Chen first lost to world No. 12 Jang Woo-jin 8-11, 11-9, 8-11, 7-11.
World No. 27 Chuang leveled the series against Lee Sang-su, winning 11-9, 13-11, 7-11, 11-8 in the second game, but Feng lost to An Jae-hyun 10-12, 9-11, 12-14.
In the critical fourth game, Chuang lost to Jang 9-11, 7- 11, 5-11.
The championships, which began on Tuesday and run for one week, this year marked Taiwan’s 13th consecutive entry into the men’s semi-finals.
Taiwan on Thursday beat Singapore 3-0 and on Friday downed Japan 3-2
In the men’s singles yesterday, Taiwan’s Huang Yan-cheng lost 10-12, 4-11, 9-11 in the round of 128 against Ali Alkhadrawi of Saudi Arabia at the Lusail Sports Arena.
In the men’s doubles, Feng and Sun Chia-hung were eliminated in the round of 32, losing 1-11, 11-4, 2-11, 6-11 against Jang Woo-jin and Lim Jong-hoon of South Korea.
In the women’s doubles, Chen Szu-Yu and Li Yu-jhun lost 9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 9-11 to Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee of India in the round of 16.
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