Brace Yourself!
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The Gold Medal match for Table Tennis Team Event at the Olympics is already set.
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It is China vs Sweden at 9 PM Philippines Time (3 PM in Paris)
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China's Line Up: Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Malong
Sweden's Line Up: Truls Moregardh, Kristian Karlsson, Anton Kallberg
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It's Sweden's first Olympic medal match for the team event.
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It's an interesting match up because while China is a highly favorite, Sweden has shown it can upset the higher seeded players and seeds.Â
We've already seen Truls Moregard knock-off Wang Chuqin in Round 32 of the Men's Singles event.
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Felix Lebrun said 'Sweden has 5% chance' and that is probably a bit optimistic.
If Ma Long is the weakest player in your team then you have a pretty strong team.. but let's enjoy high level table tennis!
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It's harder to pull-off an upset if its a team play. The probability of having 3 Chinese table tennis players having a bad game at the same time is very low.Â
I like Truls Molegardh awkward style of playing because that is type of playing style that make upsets. The Swedish table tennis team chance is very low off but I hope they can make China sweat it out.
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Reminder who is interested with this match. This is tonight at 9 PM (August 9).
The Bronze medal match between France and Japan will be at 4 PM
