China sweeps women's singles semifinal berths at WTT Singapore Smash

SINGAPORE, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese paddlers have secured the women's singles and doubles titles of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash here on Friday.

Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Qian Tianyi and Zhang Rui took up all four spots in the women's singles semifinals.

Top-ranked Sun came out the winner in a seven-set thriller against Joo Cheon-hui of South Korea. World No. 104 Joo gave her all to dra