Doha, May 24 -- China's Olympic champions Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha defeated a Japanese team 3-1 to win their third straight mixed doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships on Saturday.

The second seeds overcame a late surge from 16th-seeded Maharu Yoshimura and Satsuki Odo, winning 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8 over 39 minutes.

Earlier in the day, Wang and Sun advanced into the men's and women's singles final respectively.

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