Thursday, March 13, 2008
7:15 AM
ITTF Pro Tour Kuwait Open - Unlucky Draws...
The draws for the 2nd Pro Tour of the year was conducted yesterday, 12 March 2007. Most of our paddlers suffered an unlucky lot.

Gao Ning is likely to meet Hong Kong's Jiang Tian Yi and China's Ma Long in the round of 32 and the quarter finals respectively. Yang Zi suffered a worse lot. He will be most likely meeting China Ma Long in the round of 32. Cai Xiao Li, Ma Liang, Guo Yi Teng and Liu Zhong Ze will have to play the Group Stages, before qualifying in the Main Draw.

Lousy draw in the Men's Singles, our female paddlers suffered the same fate. In the round of 16, Sun Bei Bei will be facing World No.2, China's Li Xiao Xia. Li Jia Wei's fate was not any better either. She will take on China's young and promising paddler Liu Shi Wen. Liu beat campatriot Guo Yue in last year's German Open, where Guo is the Top Seeded. Also, Liu beat last year's Pro Tour Grand Finals Champion Li Xiao Xia in a China internal competition to obtain champion. Wang Yue Gu had a much better draw. She will face German's Wu Jia Duo in the round of 16. But she will face World Champion, China's Guo Yue in the Quarter Finals. Yu Meng Yu and Feng Tian Wei will be playing in the group stages.

Gao Ning and Yang Zi will face challenge from either 2004 Olympics Silver Medalist, Hong Kong's Li Ching and Cheung Yuk, or China's Olympics Gold Medalist Chen Qi, who will be pairing with Zhang Jike this time round. Both pairs will definately give our male paddlers a hard time.
Li Jia Wei and Sun Bei Bei will either take on Hong Kong's Tie Yana and Zhang Rui or Korea's Kim Kyung Ah and Park Mi Young in the Semi-Finals. In the Finals, they will either take on Guo Yue and Li Xiao Xia or Zhang Yining and Wang Nan. Both teams from China.




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