The first gold medal ever for the Table Tennis Team event went to China. The silver medal went to Singapore .They fought well and the match was so hard from the host they couldn't outrun Chinese at the Peking University Gymnasium.

Olympic veteran Wang Nan of China played the first match against Singapore's Feng Tianwei winning 3-1. World No. 1 Zhang Yining (CHN) faced a determined Li Jiawei (SIN) in the second match. After losing the first game to Li, Zhang found her pace and ultimately overtook the Singaporean 3-1. In the doubles match, China's Zhang Yining joined forces with teammate Guo Yue and claimed a 3-0 victory.

The win had not come as easy as hoped. Chinese President Hu Jintao and International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge were present among the cheering crowd. This kept the Chinese team on the pressure to win the match
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