Calderano, Wang Vie for Singles Gold at TT Worlds

The Chinese are unbeatable - this is no longer true in table tennis. A Brazilian from the German Bundesliga defeated one of the top Chinese in the World Cup semi-finals and now plays for the title.

The Brazilian took advantage of Chinese Liang Jingkun at the end of a semi-final of anthology.

Calderano, Wang vie for singles gold at TT worlds

DOHA, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's World Cup champion Hugo Calderano defeated China's Liang Jingkun in the men's singles semifinal on Saturday to set up a gold medal clash against second-ranked Wang Chuqing at the World Table Tennis Championships. Read full story

Hugo Calderano's victory at the World Tennis's semifinal guaranteed an independence for Brazil, where he will meet Wang Chuqin, his successor to the dual mix in the World Doha. At 25 years, Wang is the current number 2 of the global ranking of the ITTF. To the end, China won the Swedish Lin Shidong, world ranking leader, for 4 weeks to 3. Born on May 11, 2000, in Jilin, China, Wang Chuqin is one of the main exhibits of the new generation of Chin…

Brazilian Hugo Calderano created the sensation in Doha this Saturday, dominant Chinese Liang Jingkun in the semifinals of the World Championships (15-13, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 3-11, 7-11, 11-9). A month after winning the World Cup.

Hugo Calderano will have in front of Chinese Wang Chuqin at the end in which he can become the first Brazilian of history to be a champion of a World of Table Tennis