Table tennis champ

Team Joola, led by World Championship of Pingpong campaigner John Russell Misal (sixth from left) receives its medal and trophy after finishing runner-up to Indonesia in the Men’s Open Team finals in the 9th Flexible Cup International Table Tennis Championships at the Harrison Plaza Activity Center in Malate, Manila. The Indonesian pulled off a 3-0 win against Team Joola in the winner-take-all finale in the three-day event backed by Flexible Packaging Corporation. Other members of the team are Table Tennis Association for National Development honorary president Charlie Lim (fifth from left), Chinese import Chen Lei Xin, Jong Ortalla, Alexis Bolante and Philip Uy (second from right), who claimed the 40-over men’s single gold medal.