Wednesday, May 21, 2008
11:45 PM
ITTF Pro Tour Japan Open - Women's Team Through to Semi-Finals, Men's Team Withdraw Owing to Injury
Our female paddlers advance to the Semi-Finals, defeating USA in the Quarter Finals 3-1, whilst our Men's Team had to withdraw from the Team Event due to an ijury in Gao Ning's hand.

In yesterday match, our paddlers got off to a rocky start when top paddler Li Jia Wei was upset 3-2 (6-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-7) by Gao Jun. Li was leading 2-0 before Gao took the tie into a rubber, which the American won 11-7. Feng Tian Wei then secured the next point for Singapore with a decisive win 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-4) over Wang Chen. With the scores tied at 1-1, the 21-year old paired teammate Wang Yue Gu for a 3-0 (12-10, 12-10, 11-9) victory over teenager Crystal Huang and veteran Gao Jun. Competing in the third singles, Li was put to the test against Huang with the score tied after four sets (11-8, 7-11, 10-12, 11-5). Li rallied to take the fifth set 11-8 to secure Singapore’s semi-final matchup against World No 6 Women’s Team Germany which earlier had ousted World No. 3 Women's Team Hong Kong.




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