Women's world number two Guo Yan of China has missed the world champions' opening matches against Kuwait due to an eye ailment in the table tennis' team event at the Doha Asian Games here on Wednesday.

Huang Biao, manager to China's table tennis team, declined to give any details.

"Guo Yan felt uncomfortable with her left eye this morning and has to rest during the team's day one competitions here," said Huang.

No comments from the team define whether or not the 23-year-oldgirl, the women's singles runner-up at last year's world championships in Shanghai, could be available for China's Group B matches against Hong Kong, China, the last and toughest opponents for the six-time Asiad team winners in the first round.

According to a source close to the Chinese team's medical staff, Guo Yan had been sent to the hospital inside the Athletes' Village and did some transfusions to cure her left eye.

"It should be some inflammation," the source told Xinhua.

Guo Yan's absence had little influence on the Chinese team's first day competitions, however, as head coach Shi Zhihao sent Asiad debutants Chen Qing and Li Xiaoxia onto the court and came up with a 3-0 team event victory over Kuwait.