Saturday, 25 February 2012

2012 Asian Table Tennis Championships - Singapore settled for Silver


China took revenge on Singapore, beating the reigning world champions 1-3.

Guo Yan overcame Feng Tianwei 11-8, 12-10, 11-6, while Guo Yue defeated Li Jiawei 11-4, 6-11, 11-4, 13-11 to give China a two matches to nil lead. However, the on form Yu Mengyu fought back and beat Liu Shiwen 7-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8. Guo Yue ended matters after accounting for Feng Tianwei 11-3, 12-10, 5-11, 11-9.

Meanwhile our Men's Team suffered a 2-3 defeat against Hong Kong in a placing match. They will take on India tomorrow to determine the seventh place.

The individual events will also commence tomorrow. Gao Ning/Li Jiawei will play Thailand's Chaitat Chaisit/Komwong Nanthana while Yang Zi/Yu Mengyu will take on India's Shetty Sanil/Kumaresan Shamini.

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