Zhang Jike, Wang Hao ease into the Semi finals of the Olympics

Zhang Jike beat Jiang Tianyi of Hong Kong 4-1 to reach the Semi finals of the London Olympics. Wang Hao won even more comprehensively against Seiya Kishikawa 4-0. Jike faces Ovtcharov while Wang Hao faces Chuang Chih Yuan in the semi finals respectively. The semi finals will be played tomorrow. The Women's final match is to be held later today.

Olympic Table Tennis Quarter finals today!

Photo Courtesy telegraph.co.uk

After some exciting upsets and fast paced matches, the Men's singles competition is about to proceed to the medal round right after the Quarterfinals.
The draw looks like this-
(Courtesy www.ITTF.com)

Zhang Jike scraped past Samsonov. Wang Hao is in good form. Ovtcharov seems to be the most impressive. His match against Maze will attract a lot of attention since they are pretty much close.

ZHANG Jike CHN
0   10:00 - 1/8/2012 - Table 1	-: --- ---
JIANG Tianyi HKG
OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER
0   21:00 - 31/7/2012 - Table 1	-: --- ---
MAZE Michael DEN
CRISAN Adrian ROU
0   20:00 - 31/7/2012 - Table 1	-: --- ---
CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE
KISHIKAWA Seiya JPN
0   11:00 - 1/8/2012 - Table 1	-: --- ---
WANG Hao CHN