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President of the International Table Tennis Federation, Adham Sharara, said on Monday (7 August) that the competition at the London Games had been going well, apart from one controversial case about a Chinese female player in the women's singles final.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Adham Sharara, ITTF president
"No, not really. We just had one controversy in the women's singles final and luckily it was China against China, so it was really kept at a very low key. Basically, the umpire was very strict with one of the two Chinese players and called her fault at her service several times, I believe four or five times during the match and that Chinese player (Ding Ning) felt very bad because she said she has never been faulted before. But in fairness, her service was very borderline, you know, she is supposed to throw the ball upwards and she was throwing it backwards, it was really to the limit. And some umpires are more lenient, some are more strict and she got a very strict one. She didn't adapt and she got very upset and this is the only controversy if you want to call it a controversy."