BEIJING (Reuters) - China has pulled its entire men's table tennis team - including the three top-ranked players - from a major tournament in Australia next week due to a rare public spat that boiled over after the removal of the national team's head coach last week.
The International Table Tennis Federation said six Chinese players had been withdrawn from the Australia Open in a statement on its website, after three Chinese players boycotted last week's China Open in support of removed coach Liu Guoliang.
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