Top seed Ding eases past first round
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E-mail Xinhua, July 30, 2012
China's top table teenis seed Ding Ning defeated Romania's Daniela Dodean 4-0 in her Olympic debut on Sunday, marching toward the top of the podium.
"This is my first match so I was a little bit nervous, especially when I entered the arena. But I soon managed to control myself after the match started," said Ding, who achieved her first victory within 27 minute.
Ding closed the first two sets quickly, winning 11-4 and 11-3. Dodean got the upper hand briefly in the third set. The two tied four times before Ding finished the set 11-9. The fourth set ended in 11-6.
Ding said Dodean changed her strategy after loosing two sets, but she was a little slow in coping with the changes.
"But it's quite normal so I wasn't worried," said Ding.
Born in 1990, Ding, won the women's singles title at both last year's World Championships and the World Cup. Current world No. 1, she is seen as China's best shot at gold in women's singles in London.
