Li Ching lashes umpire in Hong Kong's semi-final loss to Japan
Women's team coach criticises missed net call in a crucial decision which sees hosts reach final
Hong Kong women's team coach Li Ching criticised the umpire after watching his team lose in a thrilling semi-final to hosts Japan at the World Team Championships in Tokyo on Sunday night.
A 3-1 overall win was good enough to send the Japanese women into their first world team final since 1983, also in Tokyo.
That year they lost to China, who will, once again, be their opponents in the last hurdle on Monday.
It was a very obvious call and I could not believe how the umpire could miss that
Li accused the umpire of failing to pick up a net call in a crucial moment of the third match between Hong Kong's Ng Wing-nam and Sayaka Hirano.
Hirano's serve apparently hit the net before rolling to Ng's side, whose return went off the table and she lost the point at 8-8.
Ng then lost the game, allowing the Japanese to come from two games down to win the match 3-2.
