ITTF World Tour Kuwait Open - Once again, First Round Exit for Feng

It was the second consecutive week that Singapore's top female paddler Feng Tianwei had departed on her first visit to the table. One week earlier in Qatar, Feng was beaten by Germany's Han Ying. One week later, Feng was defeated by China's Chang Chenchen.

Feng found no answers to Chang's fast and furious attacking style. She was crushed in straight games 8-11, 9-11, 5-11, 10-12.

Meanwhile there was better news for the Singaporean camp. Sun Beibei, Li Jiawei and Yu Mengyu all managed to negotiate the first round successfully as did Yang Zi, Zhan Jian, Chen Feng, Gao Ning, and Li Hu.

Results:

Men's Singles Round of 64

Yang Zi 4-3 Jung Young Sik (KOR) (5-11, 2-11, 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 12-10)

Zhan Jian 4-1 Assar Omar (EGY) (11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10)

Chen Feng 4-1 Al-Hasan Salem (KUW) (11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8)

Gao Ning 4-1 Lashin El-Sayed (EGY) (11-8, 11-9, 11-3, 4-11, 12-10)

Women's Singles Round of 32

Feng Tianwei 0-4 Chang Chenchen (CHN) (8-11, 9-11, 5-11, 10-12)

Sun Beibei 4-3 Li Qian (POL) (10-12, 10-12, 11-5, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7)

Li Jiawei 4-1 Dang Ye Seo (KOR) (11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 12-10, 11-6)

Yu Mengyu 4-3 Fukuhara Ai (JPN) (11-8, 7-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 12-10)

Men's Doubles Round of 16

Gao Ning / Li Hu 3-2 Matsudaira Kenta / Niwa Koki (JPN) (7-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7)

Yang Zi / Zhan Jian 2-3 Matsudaira Kenji / Yoshimura Maharu (JPN) (10-12, 11-9, 6-11, 11-4, 9-11)

Chen Feng / Pang Xuejie 3-1 Chiang Hung-Chieh / Huang Sheng-Sheng (TPE) (9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9)

Womn's Doubles Dound of 16

Feng Tianwei / Yu Mengyu 0-3 Chang Chenchen / Feng Yalan (CHN) (7-11, 7-11, 2-11)

Li Jiawei / Sun Beibei 3-0 Jeon Ji Hee / Seok Ha Jung (KOR) (11-9, 11-5, 11-7)