Kim kum yong

Asian Table Tennis Championships: China's young duo Lin Shidong/Kuai Man advanced to the mixed doubles final at the 27th Asian Table Tennis Championships on Friday.

19-year-old Lin and 20-year-old Kuai outplayed Ham Yu Song/Pyon Song Gyong of DPR Korea 3-1 and will take on Olympic silver medalists Ri Jong Sik/Kim Kum Yong, another DPR Korea pair, who edged world No. 2 Lim Jong-hoon/Shin Yu-bin of South Korea in full games.

"We were not quite cautious about our serve in the first game, giving our opponents many opportunities to attack, and then we began to make some adjustments from the second game," Xinhua quoted Lin as saying after the match.