The state-run television station CCTV aired footage of Wang and Yu apologizing.

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In the first of the Tuesday matches under scrutiny, Wang and Yu played South Korea's Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na in a game in which "neither side seemed to be exerting themselves, " the official Olympic news service said.

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World doubles champions Wang and Yu of China, and their South Korean opponents, Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na, received loud boos from the crowd after directing serves into the net and making simple errors like hitting the shuttlecock wide.

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In the first of the Tuesday matches that prompted the uproar, Wang and Yu played South Korea's Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na in a game in which "neither side seemed to be exerting themselves, " the official Olympic news service said.

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The disqualifications mean the world's No. 1 pair, Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang of China, are out of the competition.

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But Yu and Wang, ranked No. 1 in the world, were defiant in their posts on their accounts on Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Twitter.

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"Before, it was Mou Qizhong, today there's Wong Kwong Yu, " Wang says.

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At Wembley Arena, fans jeered as the women's doubles match between China's Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli and South Koreans Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na saw repeated errors.

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Besides Luo Chuan and Xing Wang, they include Derek Ling of Chinese LinkedIn model Tianji, and mobile gaming craftsman Frank Yu.

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