BEIJING - Leading Chinese mostly enjoyed easy wins on the opening day of the Good Luck Beijing ITTF ProTour Finals, while Olympic and world champion Zhang Yining has been scared before making a successful comeback to reach the quarterfinals here on Thursday.
The 25-year-old Zhang, who completed her Grand Slam winning run in 2005 after being crowned at the Shanghai world table tennis championships, came back from being down 1-3 to beat Tie Yana of Hong Kong, China in full sets.