ITTF World Tour Spanish Open - Singapore Women Paddlers Continue Poor Form

Feng Tianwei no match against Shen Yanfei

Having lost in the doubles event and Sun Beibei's upset by lower ranked players, the female paddlers continued their poor form in day four of the competition. Feng Tianwei and Li Jiawei lost to lower ranked opponents while Yu Mengyu suffered against Japan's Fukuhara Ai. In the round of 16, Tianwei enjoyed a comfortable 4-0 win over Japan's Fujii Hiroko 7-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-5, 11-4. However, Jiawei and Mengyu suffered defeats. Jiawei lost to the left handed Makamiya Misako by the narrowest margin 7-11, 11-4, 9-11, 14-16, 11-7, 11-8, 9-11. Mengyu was beaten by Japan's Fukuhara Ai in straight games 5-11, 6-11, 5-11, 9-11.

 In the Quarter Finals, Tianwei lost to host nation's Shen Yanfei. Tianwei was leading 3-2 before Shen turned the tables around and won. Tianwei lost 8-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8, 9-11, 7-11.

Meanwhile our Men's Team enjoyed better fortunes. Yang Zi / Zhan Jian are into the finals of the the men's doubles event. Both Gao Ning and Zhan Jian also made it to the Quarter Finals before losing to higher ranked opponents.

In the Quarter Finals, Gao Ning lost to Belarus' Samsonov Vladimir 0-4 and Zhan Jian lost to Chinese Taipei's Chuang Chih-Yuan.

Yang Zi / Zhan Jian will face Japan's Matsudaira Kenji / Mizutani Jun in the finals tomorrow.