Hong Kong, China paddlers Wong Chun-ting and Baldwin Chan on Sunday earned their first men’s doubles title with victory in the World Table Tennis Contender Zagreb tournament in Croatia.

Wong, 33, and Chan, 20, faced a tough battle against the mainland duo of Huang Youzheng and Xue Fei before prevailing in a five-game thriller.

The SAR duo started aggressively in the first game, taking the first game 11-8 after building an early lead.

Huang and Xue fought back to take the second game 12-10, taking advantage of a series of errors.

The momentum kept shifting and the match went to a fifth game, which proved to be as tight as the rest of the contest.

Down 9-10 in the deciding game, Wong and Chan won three points in a row to clinch the match and the championship with a 11-8,10-12,11-8,11-13,12-10 victory.