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Your support makes all the difference.China remained on course to retain the men's team World Championship in Manchester yesterday after they recalled Kong Linghui for the match against Croatia, which they won 3-0.
Kong, the world champion, was never seriously extended in scoring a 21-18, 21-9 victory over the 18-year-old Dragutin Surbek.
Italy finished runners-up in Group A to China, edging past Yugoslavia 3-2, thanks to two wins from the former mainland Chinese player Yang Min.
The quarter-final line-up was completed in the women's team event where four places were available following the automatic qualification of the elite group winners - China, South Korea, Germany and Romania. Hong Kong, bronze medallists in 1995, scored a 3-1 victory over Hungary while Sweden, Japan and North Korea also went through.
Results, Digest, page 19
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