In both the finals, China met a young spirited Japanese team, but the reigning World and Asian Champions were too fast and too strong, and defended their titles in style.

The Chinese men's team was without the world champion and their team captain MA Long who was ruled out with a back injury. This did not stop the powerful Chinese team represented by XU Xin, FAN Zhendong and ZHANG Jike beating Japan. The trio faced off Japanese rising stars, Maharu YOSHIMURA, Koki NIWA, and Yuya OSHIMA, and eventually prevailed 3-0 to win their ninth consecutive Asian Championships team gold.

The Chinese team, led by singles World Champion and world number one DING Ning, played without world number two LIU Shiwen, who missed the entire teams event through illness. However the depth of the Chinese team is so strong that even without LIU, they fielded world number three ZHU Yuling and world number eight CHEN Meng who have both won World Tour titles in 2015.

The Chinese team proved too good for the young Japanese team of Ai FUKUHARA and the 14 year old duo of Mima ITO and Miu HIRANO, winning 3-0 to claim their fifth consecutive title

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China and Japan imposed their authority on proceedings in the Women’s Team event at the Suzuki 2015 ITTF World Tour Asian Championships in Pattaya, Thailand on the second day of action, Sunday 27th September.

Both booked places in the final in most commanding fashions; not one individual match was surrendered, no charity was offered.

At the quarter-final stage, China beat DPR Korea with Ding Ning giving the top seeds and defending champions, the perfect start. She accounted for Ri Myong Sun (11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-2), before Zhu Yuling proved too consistent for Ri Mi Gyong and Chen Meng conclude matters with victory over Kim Song I (8-11, 5-11, 11-5, 11-9, 12-10).

Meanwhile for Japan, having beaten Chinese Taipei, the previous evening, it was just one engagement on day two. They accounted for Hong Kong the second seeds, to cause a minor upset.

Mima Ito beat Doo Hoi Kem (8-11, 15-13, 11-2, 11-7), Ai Fukuhara overcame Lee Ho Ching (11-4, 14-12, 11-5) with Miu Hirano defeating Minnie Soo Wai Yam to conclude matters (11-9, 11-8, 11-5).

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