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Your support makes all the difference.Chen Xinhua clinched England's win over Croatia at the World Championships in Tianjin, China, yesterday, after having attacked the selectors for their choices on Saturday, making it a controversial return to his home country of China for the Yorkshire-based 35-year-old. Chen overcame Davor Karlovic 21-13 21-14 to complete a 3-0 win for England, which enables the men to finish 13th if they can win their last match today.
He forcefully made his views known about team selection - a team which includes the 39-year-old Desmond Douglas - saying: "This is all wrong. We should not be playing so many matches as this at our ages. They should have spent more money on bringing a young man here as well."
England's women, who won 3-1 against both Belgium and the Netherlands on Saturday, lost 3-0 to Russia yesterday, but still finished in 10th position, three places higher than last time.
Deng Yaping and Qiao Hong rode a wave of patriotic fervour to land China's 11th women's team title. The defending champions, backed by a raucous crowd of 10,000, were invincible, with a sparkling 3-0 victory over South Korea in the final.
Results, Sporting Digest, page 29
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