The 2007

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tournament that took place in

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from May 21 through to May 27, 2007. China won a clean sweep of all the gold and silver medals.

Medal summary

Medal table

Events

Finals

Men's singles

Wang Liqin Wang Liqin (; born June 18, 1978) is a Chinese table tennis player. He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Chinese men's national squad in 1993 when he was only 15 years old. He holds three majors (3 World Championships). He ha ...

def. Ma Lin, 4–3: 4–11, 8–11, 11–5, 4–11, 11–9, 11–8, 11–6

Women's singles

Guo Yue def.

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, 4–3: 8–11, 11–7, 4–11, 2–11, 11–5, 11–2, 11–8

Men's doubles

Chen Qi / Ma Lin def. Wang Hao /

, 4–2: 6–11, 11–7, 6–11, 11–3, 11–9, 11–9

Women's doubles

Wang Nan /

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def. Guo Yue /

, 4–0: 11–5, 11–6, 13–11, 11–9

Mixed doubles

/ Guo Yue def. Ma Lin / Wang Nan, 4–2: 13–11, 11–7, 8–11, 11–9, 9–11, 12–10

External links

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) website
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