China, unbeaten since the appearance of the team event at the Olympic Games in 2008, qualified for a fourth straight final on Wednesday in Tokyo. Chen Meng, Olympic singles champion, Sun Yinsha, her runner-up, and Wang Manyu have disposed of Germany, silver medalist in 2016 in Rio, in the semi-finals (3-0).
The reigning Olympic champions will meet Japan’s Mima Ito, gold medalist in mixed doubles and bronze in singles, who eliminated Hong Kong in the semi-finals on Tuesday (3-0). The final and the match for third place will be played this Thursday. Japan had won silver in 2012 and bronze in 2016.
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