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China On Target in Early Running at Tokyo Olympics

In this week’s Olympic round-up:

  • Two early gold medals for China kick off Day 1
  • Chinese reaction to the Opening Ceremony
  • Tentative start on the pitch for China
  • A round-up of China’s main Olympic medal contenders for Tokyo
  • All the other features and stories of interest
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Next wave of Chinese tennis players set to make breakthrough

If Li Na’s French Open win was the earthquake, then here comes the tsunami.

I’ve written before about the crop of Chinese youngsters poised to make a breakthrough in the women’s game, and it looks like it might be happening.

Yesterday at the Malaysian Open, 21-year-old Wang Qiang beat former world number 1 and the tournament’s top seed, Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 7-6, 6-1 for the biggest win of her career.

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Wang Qiang relaxes after beating Caroline Wozniacki

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