China's three men, three women advance to semifinals at WTT Star Contender
China DailyMa Long and Wang Chuqin are seen in the World Table Tennis Star Contender European Summer Series 2022, on July 14, 2022. BUDAPEST -- The World Table Tennis Star Contender European Summer Series 2022 entered the third day of the main draw here on Friday, with three male and as many female paddlers from China advanced to the singles semifinals. The other men's singles semifinal will pit second-seeded Chinese Liang Jingkun and Swede Truls Moregard after Liang edged South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon 3-2 and Moregard beat Slovenian Darko Jorgic 3-1. In the women's singles, third seed Wang Manyu outplayed Mima Ito from Japan 3-2 to win the last semifinal seat after second seed Sun Yingsha defeated Hina Hayata 3-0, Wang Yidi beat Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong, China 3-0 and Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa rallied past Brazil's Bruna Takahashi 3-2. In the doubles play, Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan and Ma Long/Wang Chuqin advanced to the men's doubles semifinals, while their fellow Chinese Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu reached the women's doubles semis after eliminating Japanese duo Miu Hirano/Kasumi Ishikawa 3-1.