Top seed Zhang advances to table tennis final
Updated: 2012-08-02 19:24:59
( Xinhua)
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LONODN - Europe's sole hope of winning a table tennis single medal was dashed when Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov was beaten 4-1 by top seed Zhang Jike of China in the semifinal on Thursday.
Zhang won the game 11-8, 11-3, 5-11, 11-9 and 11-8.
Ovtcharov got the semifinal berth after a seven-set tight match against Denmark's Michael Maze.
Zhang's teammate Wang Hao, seeded number 2, will face Chuang Chih-Yuan from Chinese Taipei in another semifinal.
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| China's Zhang Jike serves to Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov in their men's singles semifinals table tennis match at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 2, 2012. [Photo/Agencies] | 
| Medal Count | ||||
| 1 |  | 46 | 29 | 29 | 
| 2 |  | 38 | 27 | 22 | 
| 3 |  | 29 | 17 | 19 | 
| 4 |  | 24 | 25 | 33 | 
| 5 |  | 13 | 8 | 7 | 
| 6 |  | 11 | 19 | 14 | 





















