PARIS – China’s men’s table tennis team defeated host country France 3-0 on Thursday in the semi-finals of the Olympics in Paris, but the scoreboard did not reflect the closely contested matches that drew a large crowd of French and Chinese spectators. China’s best players, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin, were under pressure from the French pair Alexis Lebrun and Simon Gauzy from the beginning, drawing the score to an 11-11 draw. However, the Chinese took advantage of match point and won the game 13-11 and the match 3-0 to go to the final against Sweden. When the two faced again, Felix, Lebrun’s 17-year-old brother, who had fallen to Fan Zhendong 4-0 in the men’s singles semifinals, was able to turn things around and play a better match. He held it tied until
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