Tuesday 28 February 2012

2012 Asian Table Tennis Championships - Good Fight Put Up by Gao and Li


At the Finals of the Mixed Doubles Event, China's Xu Xin, a left handed player and Guo Yan, a right handed player overcame two right handers, Singapore’s Gao Ning and Li Jiawei to win the titles.

Gao Ning and Li Jiawei, the number three seeds, made the better start. In the opening game, they established a 6-3 lead but Xu Xin and Guo Yan levelled it at 9-all before securing thefirst set at 13-15.

Once again in the second game, Gao and Li made the better start. They established an early lead, maintained it and won 11-7.

They third game saw Xu Xin and Guo Yan making a fierce comeback. They held the match point at 1-10. Gao Ning and Jiawei saved two match points but to no avail. Gao and Li lost the third set 3-11.

The Chinese duo never looked back, winning the fourth and fifth set 8-11, 8-11.

Meanwhile, Gao Ning and Yang Zi are also in the Semi Finals of the Men's Doubles Event which they will face Hong Kong's Leung Chu Yan and Cheung Yuk tomorrow. Odds are on our Men's side and we wish Gao Ning and Yang Zi All The Best!

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