China’s Li Xiaoxia who was the women’s singles winner at the 2012 London Olympics last summer has been crowned the 2013 Women's Singles World Champion in Paris. Video below.
Li Xiaoxia had a repeat of the Olympic final in the semi-finals where she was able to defeat team mate and World number one Ding Ning; she was then met in the final by another team mate this time in the form of Liu Shiwen.
It was an intense final between the two Chinese women; it was extremely close throughout with both players giving their all in all six sets, however Liu Shiwen was unable to gain a good lead in the sixth set, but with the score tied at deuce the eight thousand strong crowd were on pins with the set looking to go either way.
The Olympic Champion went on to use her fantastic control to seal the match with Liu Shiwen’s backhand going long (11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 12-10). The Olympic Champion became the new World Champion.
Congratulations to this years World Table Tennis Champion Li Xiaoxia!
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Source and Photos: ITTF.com & International Table Tennis Federation Facebook Page
Written by: Emily Standing
TableTennisDaily
Li Xiaoxia had a repeat of the Olympic final in the semi-finals where she was able to defeat team mate and World number one Ding Ning; she was then met in the final by another team mate this time in the form of Liu Shiwen.
It was an intense final between the two Chinese women; it was extremely close throughout with both players giving their all in all six sets, however Liu Shiwen was unable to gain a good lead in the sixth set, but with the score tied at deuce the eight thousand strong crowd were on pins with the set looking to go either way.
The Olympic Champion went on to use her fantastic control to seal the match with Liu Shiwen’s backhand going long (11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 12-10). The Olympic Champion became the new World Champion.
Congratulations to this years World Table Tennis Champion Li Xiaoxia!
For all the latest news, results and videos from the World Championships click here. To catch up on all the latest highlighted matches from the World Championships visit our Media Library.
Like and tweet our articles to the World. Lets spread the word of Table Tennis.
Source and Photos: ITTF.com & International Table Tennis Federation Facebook Page
Written by: Emily Standing
TableTennisDaily