Hana arapovic

ITTF Mixed Team World Cup: China overwhelmed Croatia 8-0 for their fourth straight win at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Mixed Team World Cup on Wednesday. Mixed doubles Olympic champions Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha helped China to a 3-0 lead by dispatching Ivor Ban and Hana Arapovic 11-6, 11-5, 11-5.

"As the tournament progresses, our opponents will be stronger. Each individual match will be important to the final result; hopefully, we can stay together and go all out in every match for the win," commented Sun.

Kuai Man added another three points for the defending champion with an 11-2, 11-5, 11-5 victory over Ivana Malobabic, reports Xinhua. "Their arrangements of players were a little different from what we had expected. Facing a chopper, I made adjustments accordingly before the match, and just showed my level today," said Kuai.