Paris Olympics
\nChina\u2019s Wang Chuqin suffered devastating defeat a day after having his bat broken at the Paris Olympics
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\nJust a day after having his bat broken, China\u2019s table tennis world number one star Wang Chuqin suffered a shock defeat in the men\u2019s Olympic singles on Wednesday.
\nWang won mixed doubles gold on Tuesday in Paris but his elation quickly turned into anger after a photographer accidentally snapped his bat while jostling to take a picture.
\nLess than 24 hours later, the 24-year-old table tennis star went out in the round of 32 of the singles after a 4-2 defeat to Truls Moregard of Sweden.
\nThe 26th-ranked Moregard sank to the floor in disbelief and put his hands on his head, before doing a tour of the crowd, who rose in appreciation after roaring on the underdog throughout.
\nIt capped a mixed couple of days for Wang.
\nWith his playing partner Sun Yingsha they beat North Korea in the mixed doubles final, but Wang admitted he \u201clost control of my emotions a little\u201d after his bat was broken.
\nA familiar bat and its grip can be of vital importance to table tennis players.
\nWang though refused to blame his replacement bat for his stunning defeat to the unheralded Moregard, 22.
\n\u201cIt didn\u2019t really have an influence on the match,\u201d he told AFP. \u201cIt was just that my opponent played really, really well.\u201d
\nWang will next compete in the men\u2019s team event. The triumphant Moregard said he \u201chad a feeling I could beat him today\u201d, having never done so before in eight previous attempts.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve almost never taken a set against Wang so it\u2019s crazy to win here at the Olympics,\u201d the Swede, into the last 16 for the first time, said.
\nMoregard, who is coached by his older brother Malte, said Wang was not at his best \u2014 but said it had nothing to do with the Chinese player\u2019s bat.
\n\u201cI think you have 10 rackets at least and 500 rubbers here, so it doesn\u2019t matter if you lose your bat. I mean, I don\u2019t know which one is my first or third, so it doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d he said.
\nWang may have lost but China are the undoubted superpower of table tennis and came to the French capital having won 32 of the 37 available golds since it became an Olympic sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paris Olympics China\u2019s Wang Chuqin suffered devastating defeat a day after having his bat broken at the Paris Olympics islamabad Just a day after having his bat broken, China\u2019s table tennis world number one star Wang Chuqin suffered a shock defeat in the men\u2019s Olympic singles on Wednesday. Wang won mixed doubles gold on Tuesday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-422048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n