ITTF World Tour Chile Open - More Medals, Best Outing

Chen Feng, Winner of the U21 Men's Singles

The 2012 GAC Group ITTF World Tour Chile Open may be Singapore's best outing this year. Chen Feng brought home the Republic's first Gold Medal in the U21 Men's Singles Event. Gao Ning and Li Hu, Li Jiawei and Sun Beibei pocketed the Bronze in the Men's and Women's Doubles Event respectively. Li and Sun are also in the Semi Finals of the Women's Singles Event. Yang Zi and Zhan Jian are into the Finals of the Men's Doubles Event, while Gao Ning and Zhan are also in the Semi Finals of the Men's Singles Event.

However for Singapore's former top female paddler Feng Tianwei, it was a quarter finals exit. The top seed lost to South Korea's Yang Ha Eun 2-4. Both Li and Sun defeated Japan's Fujii Hiroko and USA's Zheng Jiaqi respectively in five games. Li Jiawei will face Sun Beibei in the Semi Finals.

Meanwhile in the Men's Singles, Gao Ning ousted Germany's Mengel Steffen and Zhan Jian beat Japan's Matsudaira Kenji. Both won in six games. Zhan Jian, together with Yang Zi, defeated Japan's Matsudaira Kenji and Mizutani Jun to book a place in the finals of the Men's Doubles Event. Yang and Zhan will face South Korea's Kim Dong Hyun and Lee Jung Woo in the finals. Kim and Lee beat Gao Ning and Li Hu 2-4 in the Semi Finals.