Sunday 26 February 2012

2012 Asian Table Tennis Championships - Singapore Beat India to get 7th Place


Singapore beat India 3-1 to be placed seventh out of twenty four teams.

In the first match, Gao Ning beat Saha Subhajit 11-8, 11-8, 11-9. Yang Zi extended the lead by crashing Ghosh Soumyajit 11-2, 13-11, 11-8. Replacing Pang Xuejie in the third match is Chew Zheyu Clarence. He lost to Shetty Sanil by the narrowest margin 11-8, 4-11, 11-2, 5-11, 4-11. Gao Ning finishes off the game with another 3-0 win over Ghosh Soumyajit. Gao won 11-9, 11-6, 11-5.


Singapore also enjoyed success in the Mixed Doubles Event. Gao Ning/Li Jiawei beat Thailand's Chaitat Chaisit/Komwong Nanthana and Indonesia's Santoso Ficky Sup/Ferliana Christine 3-0 and 3-1 respectively. Meanwhile Yang Zi/Yu Mengyu defeated both Shetty Sanil/Kumaresan Shamini of Indonesia and Mongolia's Lkhagvas/Delgermaa in straight games.

Gao/Li will face Hong Kong's Cheung Yuk/Jiang Huajun while Yang/Yu will take on China's Xu Xin/Guo Yan in the Quarter Finals tomorrow. The Singles Events will commence tomorrow as well.

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