China's tennis player Kong Linghui. [cnsphoto]

Thirty-one-year old Kong was fined 1,800 yuan (about US$225) and had his driver license suspended for half a year.

According to officials from China's table tennis and badminton administrative center, the former world champion will also face the punishment from the sports governing body.

Kong, driving a Porsche, crashed with a taxi at a crossing near the south gate of the Workers Gymnasium in Beijing early Friday morning. No one was injured in the accident.