Beating the Chinese
Samson Dubina discusses with training partner Akifumi Hamakawa how Chinese Giant Killer, Mima Ito has built her game to be one of the hottest players on the ITTF Tour. Ito has won 12 of the last 17 matches against the strongest women's team ever! At the recently completed Swedish Open she beat China's Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen and Zhu Yuling all in succession! Thank you Samson, for asking such insightful questions on such a trending topic!
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