Taylor Payne -
USA Table Tennis
August 13, 2008
Crystal Huang and Chen Wang of the United States compete against Elena Timina and Jie Lie of the Netherlands during the table tennis event at the Peking University Gymnasium during Day 5 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 13, 2008 in Beijing, Chi
The United States women's table tennis team kept its bronze medal hopes alive by defeating the Netherlands 3-1 Wednesday evening. Earlier in the day, the U.S. fell to Singapore 3-0. Team USA will be back in action at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Peking University Gymnasium to face Nigeria. A win tomorrow will guarantee the U.S. the No. 2 seed in its group and the opportunity to advance to the bronze medal bracket.
Against the Netherlands, Chen Wang (New York, N.Y.) defeated Jiao Li 3-2 and Jun Gao (Gaithersburg, Md.) trumped Jie Li 3-0 in singles play. In the doubles match, Wang and Crystal Huang (San Gabriel, Calif.) fell 3-1 but Gao came back in the fourth match to defeat Elena Timina 3-0.
Against Singapore, Gao fell 3-1 to Wang Yue Gu, Wang lost 3-1 to Tianwei Feng and the doubles team of Gao and Huang lost to Wang and Li Jia Wei 3-0.
The women's team champion will be crowned on August 18 while individual play will begin on Aug. 19.
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