Alarm bells were ringing once again for the Chinese men’s team after they returned home empty-handed from the World Table Tennis (WTT) Europe Smash in Sweden on Sunday. All six of the men’s singles players failed to make it past the third round, marking a step back from results last year when Lin Shidong, the then world No 1, lost in the final to Sweden’s Truls Moregard. The poor showing in Malmo means Chinese men’s players had failed to reach the singles quarter-finals in three consecutive WTT...