ITTF World Tour Chile Open - Li Hu's Poor Form Continues

Li Hu not in his best lately

23 years old Li Hu continues his poor form losing to Brazil’s Cazuo Matsumoto in the second round of competition. Li Hu was been crushing out earlier than expected in recent competitions. Earlier this year, Li Hu crashed out in the 1st round of the Men Singles event in Qatar, losing to lower ranked players. In this month's Asian Cup, he finished 13th despite being seeded no. 6.

Yang Zi and Chen Feng also faltered in the second round. Yang Zi lost to Germany's Mengel Steffen 2-11, 9-11, 11-8, 10-12, 7-11 and Chen Feng lost to Germany's Filus Ruwen 9-11, 11-7, 3-11, 10-12, 6-11.

However, Olympic bound Gao Ning and Zhan Jian enjoyed successes. Both of them are through to the Quarter Finals. Zhan Jian defeated Germany's Franziska Patrick 11-9, 12-10, 15-13, 11-5 while Gao Ning beat South Korea's Kim Dong Hyun 11-13, 11-7, 11-6, 11-1, 13-11.

There were further success in the Men's Doubles Event. All three of the Men Doubles made it through to the second round. Top Seed Yang Zi / Zhan Jian crashed Argentina's Cillis Javier / Tabachnik Pablo 11-9, 11-7, 11-6. Chen Feng and Wu Zhikang defeated Brazil's Hoyama Hugo / Monteiro Thiago 7-11, 11-5, 11-6, 13-11. Gao Ning and Li Hu beat Brazil's Manhani Humberto / Toma Danilo 11-5, 11-1, 11-7.

Later today, Gao Ning and Zhan Jian will face Germany's Mengel Steffen and Japan's Masudaira Kenji respectively. Yang Zi / Zhan Jian will take on Japan's Kasahara Hiromitsu / Kato Yoshiyuki. Chen Feng / Wu Zhikang and Gao Ning / Li Hu will battle it out against each other.