Table Tennis: U.S. women advance to bronze medal bracket

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BEIJING -- The U.S. women’s table tennis team defeated Nigeria 3-0 Thursday to advance to the bronze medal bracket, which is scheduled for Friday morning.

Crystal Huang of San Gabriel, Jun Gao of Gaithersburg, Md., and Chen Wang of New York City each swept their opponent 3-0 in the best-of-five matches.

-- Debbie Goffa

*UPDATE: The U.S. advances to the bronze medal bracket, not bronze medal match.

BAC