Singapore to host star-studded table tennis tournament in December

The tournament will also allow Singaporeans a long-awaited chance to catch home hope Feng Tianwei in action. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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SINGAPORE - The world's best ping-pong players will congregate in the Republic for a star-studded World Table Tennis event at the OCBC Arena in the first week of December.

It is understood that the tournament carries a prize purse of over US$500,000 (S$675,000), and the likes of China's Olympic champions Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng will fly here after the Nov 23-29 World Championships in Houston.

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