China thrashed Japan 8-1 to complete a hat-trick of International Table Tennis Federation Mixed Team World Cup victories in front of a raucous home crowd on Sunday. China and Japan had set up the winner-takes-all clash in Chengdu after having beaten South Korea and Germany, respectively, in the semi-finals earlier in the day. In the best-of-15 battle, Chinese pair Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha swept past Sora Matsushima and Satsuki Odo in the mixed doubles, winning 11-4, 11-4, 11-6. Wang Manyu...