Singapore’s table tennis player Wang Yuegu was involved in controversy yesterday after she lost her women’s singles quarter final match to Kasumi Ishikawa from Japan at the London Olympic games, reported the TODAY newspaper.
Immediately after the match, Wang, whose husband is German, burst out angrily that it was wrong to have a German as an umpire for her match.
TODAY reported Wang as saying: “As soon as I saw I had a German umpire, I knew I was going to lose points. My husband is German, and I have a private problem with them. Someone from their team is abusing their relationship with officials and has arranged for me to have a German umpire. Full story
