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Vietnam suffer defeat at World Team Table Tennis Champs
  • | VOV | May 02, 2014 09:09 AM

A victory would earn either team fourth position in the group as both just won a match each.

 
Coach Nguyen Duc Long maintained the line-up that outperformed the Dominican Republic on April 30.

Regrettably Dinh Quang Linh was beaten 2-3 by S. Golovanov despite his 2-1 lead in the early minutes of the game.

SEA Games 27 silver medallist Le Tien Dat of Vietnam outplayed T. Alexandrov 3-0, equalising the score.

0However, P. Krastev knocked out Duong Van Nam of Vietnam 3-1, extending Bulgaria’s lead, before T. Alexandrov completed a 3-1 victory over Vietnam in a clash against Dinh Quang Linh.

This was Vietnam’s fourth defeat at the tournament.

With five wins, Slovenia topped the group; Bulgaria finished fourth, and Vietnam stayed at fifth position.

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