The table tennis venue is abuzz with talk that Bill Gates will show up on Saturday — and he'd see a familiar face in young American singles player Ariel Hsing.

The 16-year-old Californian is friends with Gates and fellow billionaire Warren Buffett, having played demonstration matches against the two earlier this year at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting.

She knows them well enough to call them "Uncle Bill" and "Uncle Warren." Is that cool or what?

— Stephen Wade — Twitter http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP

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