Marwa alhodaby

The ITTF Mixed Team World: China beat Egypt 8-0, while South Korea came back to defeat Chinese Taipei 8-6 at the 2025 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Mixed Team World Cup here on Monday.

Chinese paddlers felt at ease in their second group match, as Kuai Man and Lin Shidong crushed Egypt's Badr Mostafa and Marwa Alhodaby 11-3, 11-3, 11-7 in the mixed doubles, followed by world No.1 Sun Yingsha of China winning over Mariam Alhodaby 11-4, 14-12, 11-4 in the women's singles. Top-ranked Wang Chuqin secured the victory by seeing off Youssef Abdelaziz of Egypt 11-5, 11-4 in the men's singles.

South Korea had a tough match against Chinese Taipei. Lin Yun-ju and Cheng I-ching of Chinese Taipei won the opening mixed doubles match 12-10, 11-9, 11-9 over South Korea's Kim Na-yeong and Park Gang-hyeon. South Korean paddlers then finished a 2-1 score line in the women's singles, men's singles, and women's doubles, respectively, to tie the overall score 6-6, reports Xinhua.