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Germany's Steffen Mengel eyes the ball as he serves to Ukraine's Ivan Katkov during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 1, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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Koki Niwa of Japan, top, and Marcos Freitas of Portugal, bottom, compete during their quarter-final match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo, Friday, May 2, 2014.Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press

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Robert Gardos of Austria watches the ball during his quarter-final match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships against Zhang Jike of China in Tokyo, Friday, May 2, 2014.Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press

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Kenta Matsudaira of Japan serves against Joao Monteiro of Portugal during his quarter-final match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo, Friday, May 2, 2014.Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press

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Ma Long of China watches the ball during his quarter-final match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships against Daniel Habesohn of Austria in Tokyo, Friday, May 2, 2014.Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press

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Koki Niwa of Japan, top, and Marcos Freitas of Portugal, bottom, compete during their quarter-final match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships against in Tokyo, Friday, May 2, 2014.Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press

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Ma Long of China, right, watches the ball during his quarter-final match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships against Daniel Habesohn of Austria, left, in Tokyo, Friday, May 2, 2014.Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press

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China's Xu Xin eyes the ball as he serves to Austria's Stefan Fegerl during their men's quarter-final match at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 2, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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Gao Ning of Singapore serves the ball against Kristian Karlsson of Sweden, right, during their best eight playoff match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo, Friday, May 2, 2014.Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press

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Petrissa Solja of Germany watches the ball during her best eight playoff match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships against Elena Dubkova of Belarus in Tokyo, Friday, May 2, 2014.Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press

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Sabine Winter of Germany, right, and Voktoria Pavlovich of Belarus, left, compete during their best eight playoff match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo, Friday, May 2, 2014.Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press

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Sabine Winter of Germany watches the ball during her best eight playoff match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships against Voktoria Pavlovich of Belarus in Tokyo, Friday, May 2, 2014.Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press

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Sweden's Kristian Karlsson hits a return to Singapore's Gao Ning during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 2, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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South Korea's Seo Hyowon reacts after losing a point against Romania's Elizabeta Samara during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 2, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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South Korea's Yang Ha-eun serves to Romania's Elizabeta Samara during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 2, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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Netherlands' Li Jiao hits a return to Taiwan's Huang Yihua during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 2, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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North Korea's Ri Myong Sun hits a return to Ukraine's Margaryta Pesotska during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 2, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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Austria's Daniel Habesohn serves to Greece's Konstantinos Papageorgiou during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 2, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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Andrej Gacina of Croatia competes against Chen Chien-An of Taiwan during his best eight play-off match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo, Friday, May 2, 2014.Koji Sasahara/The Associated Press

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China's Ding Ning serves to Austria's Liu Jia during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 1, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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Eva Odorova of Slovakia returns a shot to Ri Mi Gyong of North Korea during their round robin match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, May 1, 2014.Shizuo Kambayashi/The Associated Press

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Kalinikos Kreanga of Greece returns a shot to Adrien Mattenet of France during their round robin match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, May 1, 2014.Shizuo Kambayashi/The Associated Press

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Jung Young-sik, right, of South Korea returns a shot to Kim Nam Choi of North Korea during their round robin match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, May 1, 2014.Shizuo Kambayashi/The Associated Press

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Japan's Jun Mizutani hits a return to Hungary's Adam Pattantyus during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 1, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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South Korea's Jung Young-sik hits a return to North Korea's Kim Nam Chol during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 1, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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North Korea's Kim Nam Chol eyes the ball as South Korea's Jung Young-sik serves to him during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 1, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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North Korea's Kim Hyok Bong (bottom) serves to South Korea's Cho Eonrae during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 1, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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A referee checks the table before the match between South Korea's Cho Eonrae, left, and North Korea's Kim Hyok Bong during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 1, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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Sweden's Jens Lundqvist eyes the ball as he serves to Singapore's Yang Zi during the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo May 2, 2014.YUYA SHINO/Reuters

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