SHENZHEN - World's top-ranked paddlers Lin Shidong and Sun Yingsha of China both bagged wins in straight sets here on Thursday in the second round of the 34th ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup.
In the women's singles, Sun saw off Sreeja Akula of India 11-8, 12-10, 11-5, while Lin needed only 25 minutes to ease past Hiroto Shinozuka of Japan 11-7, 11-8, 11-3 in the men's singles.
"I was well prepared so I could keep a good rhythm during the whole match," Sun said.
Women's second seed Wang Manyu of China secured her second win, overcoming Huang Yi-Hua of Chinese Taipei 6-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-3.
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"This is our first meeting, I did not do very well in the beginning to counter her serves and forehand attack. After losing the first set I decided to focus on my own attack and turned the match around," Wang said.
Men's second seed Wang Chuqin defeated Yukiya Uda of Japan 11-8,11-8,11-7.
Another men's singles five-set thriller saw China's Lin Gaoyuan edged Cho Dae-seong of South Korea 7-11, 11-7, 14-16, 11-7, 11-9.
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Women's singles defending champion Wang Yidi of China beat Hirano Miu 11-7, 11-8, 11-13, 11-2. The men's singles defending champion, Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan, bagged his first victory, defeating South Korea's Oh Jun-sung 11-5, 12-10, 11-9.