DAEJEON, South Korea, July 19 (Xinhua) -- China's Wang Manyu and Zhu Yuling beat Kim Song I of the DPRK and Suh Hyo-won of South Korea in the opening round of the women's doubles event at the Seamaster 2018 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Platinum Korea Open.
In a tight game, No.3 seeds Wang and Zhu eventually edged out the unified Korean duo 3-2 (10-12, 11-5, 3-11, 12-10, 11-9).
"Even though we lost, I don't mind because we will improve. If we get to play together in the future, I hope we do better and achieve our goals in the competition," said Suh.
The Korea Open kicked off on Tuesday and lasts until Sunday. It is being held in South Korea's central city of Daejeon, located some 160 km south of the capital Seoul.
On a good day for Chinese pairs in the women's doubles event, No.4 seeds Chen Meng and Ding Ning beat the Chinese Taipei duo of Cheng Hsien-Tu and Liu Hsing-Yin 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-9) in the qualification round.
Elsewhere, China's Yu Mengyu and Zhou Yihan bested another Chinese Taipei pair, Liu Yu-Hsin and Su Pei-Ling, to win 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-9).
