ITTF World Tour Qatar Open - Opening Round Exit for Tianwei & Jiawei

Singapore's top female paddler, Feng Tianwei, faltered against Germany's defender Han Ying in the opening round of the Women's Singles Event in Doha. The number one seed, Feng lost in six games 11-4, 6-11, 12-10, 5-11, 2-11, 9-11. Number seven seed, Li Jiawei then suffered in the hands of South Korea's Dang Ye Seo. Li lost in straight games 3-11, 9-11, 10-12, 10-12.

Sun Beibei became the sole Singaporean survivor in the Women's Singles event after defeating Luxumburg's Ni Xialian. Another women paddler Yu Mengyu was defeated by Japan's Fukuhara Ai. Sun won 11-3, 14-12,11-8,11-7, while Yu lost 11-13, 7-11, 9-11, 4-11.

Gao Ning was the only Singaporean male paddler to have successfully negotiated the first two rounds of the Men's Singles event. Gao defeated Russia's Burov Vlacheslav 12-10, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8, before accounting for Germany' Suss Christian 4-2.

Gao Ning will face China's Xu Xin while Sun Beibei will take on South Korea's Dang Ye Seo in the Round of 16

Below is the list of results.

Men's Singles Round of 64

Chen Feng 3-4 Matsudaira Kenta (JPN) (12-10, 5-11, 9-11, 9-11, 14-12, 11-8, 7-11)

Li Hu 2-4 Jeong Sang Eun (KOR) (14-12, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 9-11)

Zhan Jian 4-1 Tang Peng (HKG) (11-4, 11-7, 11-8, 11-13, 11-7)

Gao Ning 4-0 Burov Vlacheslav (RUS) (12-10, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8)

Yang Zi 2-4 Rubtsov Igor (RUS) (11-9, 4-11, 11-9, 17-19, 9-11, 6-11)

Men's Singles Round of 32

Zhan Jian 1-4 Ma Lin (CHN) (10-12, 11-5, 4-11, 7-11, 5-11)

Gao Ning 4-2 Suss Christian (GER) (11-6, 9-11, 4-11, 13-11, 12-10, 17-15)

Women's Singles Round of 32

Feng Tianwei 2-4 Han Ying (GER) (11-4, 6-11, 12-10, 5-11, 2-11, 9-11)

Yu Mengyu 0-4 Fukuhara Ai (JPN) (11-13, 7-11, 9-11, 4-11)

Li Jiawei 0-4 Dang Ye Seo (KOR) (3-11, 9-11, 10-12, 10-12)

Sun Beibei 4-0 Ni Xialian (LUX) (11-3, 14-12,11-8,11-7)

Men's Doubles Round of 16

Gao Ning / Li Hu 2-3 Chuang Chih-Yuan / Wu Chih-Chi (TPR) (7-11, 12-10, 9-11, 12-10, 4-11)

Yang Zi / Zhan Jian 2-3 Kim Dong Hyun / Lee Jung Woo (KOR) (12-10, 5-11, 11-6, 9-11, 8-11)

Women's Doubles Round of 16

Li Jiawei / Sun Beibei 3-0 Ng Wing Nam / Tie Yana (HKG) (11-8, 11-8, 11-7)

Feng Tianwei / Yu Mengyu 0-3 Li Xiaodan / Wen Jia (CHN) (6-11, 5-11, 4-11)

Women's Doubles Quarter Finals

Li Jiawei / Sun Beibei 4-1 Cheng I-Ching / Huang Yi-Hua (TPE) (11-9, 11-8, 3-11, 11-6, 11-7)