Today on the 23rd June the 2013 Chinese Super League round 2 took place! The formidable Chinese Super League is well underway now with foreign stars supporting the super power Chinese teams. In round 2 Zhang Jike's Shandong faced Timo Boll's Jiangsu in an epic duel. Elsewhere, Ma Long's Ningbo faced Guangdong, Wang Hao's Bayi took on Tianjin and Xu Xin's Bazhou played Shanghai. Results below and videos to come shortly on TableTennisDaily.

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Timo Boll - Photo by: fengniao.com

Men's Round 2 Results

Four matches took place in the round 2 of the Chinese Super League. All matches pretty much went the right way but a close hard thought battle went to Shandong and Jiangsu.

Shandong 3-2 Jiangsu


Timo Boll was the first player up for Jiangsu and gave them their first point on the scoring board defeating Zhang Chao 3-1. In the second match of this heated battle, Shandong's Zhang Jike defeated Ma Lin in a close 5 set duel with scores 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 6-11, 7-5. Shandong stormed into a 2-1 lead as Zhang Chao and Fang Bo defeated Ma Lin and Chen Qi 2-0 the doubles match.

In the fourth match of the night, Zhang Jike met Timo boll. Jike opened the first set with a 11 to 6 point win. However Europe's Timo Boll kept persisting and won the match defeating the 2013 WTTC Champion in a full five sets with scores 6-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 7-1.

The crowd was tense in Shandong's arena. The fifth and final match went to the wire with host team Fang Bo defeating Chen Qi in 3 sets (11-9, 6-11, 7-4). Shangdong are victorious!

Zhang Chao 1-3 Timo Boll
Zhang Jike 3-1 Ma Lin
Zhang Chao/Fang Bo 2-0 Ma Lin/Chan Qi
Zhang Jike 2-3 Timo Boll
Fang Bo 2-1 Chen Qi



Ningbo 3-0 Guangdong

Ma Long 3-0 Liu Jikang
Yan An 3-0 Yin Hang
Yan An/Lin Gaoyuan 2-1 Liu Jikang/Li Yang


Shanghai 3-1 Bazhou

Xu Xin 3-0 Zhai Chao
Shang Kun 3-1 Liang Jingkun
Shang Kun and Zhang Yang lost to Zhai Chao/Cheng Jingqi
Xu Xin 3-2 Liang Jingkun


Bayi 3-0 Tianjin

Wang Hao 3-0 Pan Deng
Zhou Yu 3-0 Li Ping
Zhou Yu/Fan Zhendong 2-1 Pan Deng/Chang Yeuk

Hao Shuai and Chuang Cih Yuan were absent for Tianjin due to their efforts in the Japan Open.

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Written by: Dan Ives
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Great start to Timo Boll's campaign in the Chinese Super league!
 
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