Saturday, March 29, 2008
3:21 PM
ASIAN Cup - Success for Men's Counterpart in Group Stages
The group stages has finally come to an end. Our male paddlers did well and both emerged top in their groups. Gao Ning beat India's Achanta Sharat K by a small margin of 3-2, before overcoming Japan's Kan Yo 3-1. Yang Zi defeated Korea's Jung Young Sik in straight games, after which, he fought hard and crashed higher ranked Chinese Taipei's Chuan Chih-Yuan, 3-1. Hong Kong's Jiang Tian Yi was not his match either. He overcame him by a small margin of 3-2, and successfully emerged top.

Li Jia Wei and Feng Tian Wei did well too. Seeded 3, Li swept Chinese Taipei's Pan Li-Chun 3-0, before defeating host nation's Hirano Sayaka. However, Jia Wei has always been week against defenders. In her last group stage match, she met Korea's young and promsing defender, Seo Hyo Won. Li faltered 3-1. In group B, where Feng Tian Wei is drawn, things were similar. Feng beat Hong Kong's Yu Kwok See, and Japan's Ishikawa Kasumi, 3-1 and 3-0 in her opening and closing match. However, in the 2nd match, she lost to World Champion, China's Guo Yue. She lost by the faintest margin, 3-2.

In the Quarter Finals, Feng will meet Top Seeded Zhang Yining from China, whilst Li will take on World Top 10, Hong Kong's Tie Yana. Gao Ning will face Yoshida Kaii while Yang Zi meet Mizutani Jun, both from Japan.




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