Meanwhile, in Group B of the men's event, both Austria and South Korea finished the day with two wins each. Both beat Germany and the Czech Republic.

Due to the absence of Timo Boll, who caught a cold, the host team was eliminated during the qualifying round on Friday.

Germany lost to Austria 3-1 and South Korea 3-2.

On Saturday, South Korea and Austria will fight to decide their fixtures in the semi-finals.

In the women's event, both China and South Korea finished the day unbeaten.

In Group A, China fielding the team of Zhang Yining, Li Xiaoxia and Wang Nan on both occasions, overcame Hungary and Japan.

In Group B, South Korea won hard fought duels against Hong Kong and Austria.

In Group A, the second place was occupied by Hungary who ended the day with victory over Germany, who was third after beating Japan in their opening match.

Both Austria and Hong Kong beat luckless Belarus, and the duel between them would be really tough.

The Hong Kong-Belarus contest lasted fifteen minutes short of four hours with four of the five matches going the full five games distance.

"After losing to South Korea this morning, I decided to make a change in the team," said Hong Kong head coach Li Huifen

The change made by Li Huifen was replacing Lin Ling with Lau Sui Fei.

On Saturday morning, the tournament will continue its qualifying round, while on Saturday afternoon and evening, semi-finals are expected to stage.

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