[HIGHLIGHTS] The "Shuanglin" combination swept and won the National Table Tennis World Table Tennis Championships

The Chinese national table tennis team won the first round of men's doubles in Durban. Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong defeated the Japanese pair Tomokazu Changmoto/Maharu Yoshimura 22:3 to advance to the round of 0.

In the women's singles, China's Wang Yidi encountered little resistance, allowing her opponent to score only 12 points in four sets. World No. 6 Hugo Calderano lost 2-4 to Puerto Rico's Avanadore, stopping the men's singles first round.