Sunday, April 20, 2008
3:30 PM
ITTF Pro Tour Brazil Open - Women's Team Secure at least 2 Silvers and 2 Bronzes
Our female paddlers did us pround once again. Seeded 1 in the U21 Girls' Singles Event, Yu Meng Yu lost to Japan's defender Ishigaki Yuka in the finals, securing a Silver Medal. This eighteen year old teenager caused another upset in the main draw by ousting out another Singaporean, Sun Bei Bei, by the smallest margin. Yu Meng Yu having defeated collegue Feng Tian Wei in the Round of 16, faced troubles against America's Wang Chen in the Quarter Finals. She was beaten by yet another 4-3. Top 2 Seeded, Wang Yue Gu and Li Jia Wei faced little problems. Wang beat Korea's top paddler Kim Kyung Ah in 5 games, whilst Li won Japan's Hirano Sayaka in 6 games. Li will take on Ishigaki Yuka in the Semi-Finals, while Wang will face Wang Chen.

In the round of 16, Yang Zi faced yet another defeat after his lost in doubles. He lost to Russia's Shmyryev Maksim in 6 games.

Li and Sun performed well in the Doubles Event as well. They beat Hong Kong's Jiang Hua Jun and Tie Yana in 5 games, and proceeded to the finals where they will take on Top Seeded, Korea's defensive pair, Kim Kyung Ah and Park Mi Young. Kim and Park has defeated Singaporean pair Feng Tian Wei and Yu Meng Yu in the Quarter Finals.




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