Friday, June 6, 2008
10:50 PM
ITTF Pro Tour Singapore Open - Major Upsets!
There were many upsets caused by the lower ranked players. Sun Bei Bei lost to qualifier Paovic Sandra in the opening round whilst top female table tennis player, Li Jiawei, lost to a lower ranked player, Japan's Haruna Fukuoka, in the 2nd round. Li, ranked 6th in the world and seeded third, lost the first set, 14-12. But she stepped up and won the next two sets 11-8, 11-5. However, World No. 28 Fukuoka, did not give up her fight. She came back to take the next three sets - 11-9, 11-6, 14-12 - for a overall 4-2 win. Wang Yue Gu suffered the same fate. She lost out to her lower ranked team-mate Yu Meng Yu, 4-1. Feng Tian Wei is the only paddler to advance to the round of 16. She defeat neighbour Malaysia's Beh Lee Wei before accounting for Belarus' Pavlovich Viktoria.

Singapore's men, too, did not fare well, despite the homeground advantage. Gao Ning crashed out 4-3 to Hong Kong's Jiang Tianyi, while compatriot Ma Liang suffered a similar fate, losing 2-4 to Kalinikos Kreanga of Greece. Whilst for Cai Xiao Li and Liu Zhong Ze, it was first round exit. The former losing to Brazil's Monteiro Thiago while the latter suffered in the hands of Korea's Joo Se Hyuk.

Only the pair Gao Ning and Yang Zi managed to advance to the next round in the Men's Doubles. Seeded 1, they beat Russia's Liventsov Alexei and Rubtsov Igorand. Cai Xiao Li and Ma Liang lost China's Chen Qi and Li Ping. 2nd Seeded Li Jia Wei and Sun Bei Bei, as well as Feng Tian Wei and Yu Meng Yu, managed to proceed to the next round. Li and Sun beat the newly paired Spain's Shen Yan Fei and Hong Kong's teenager Yu Kwok See, 4-3. Tan Paey Fern and Wang Yue Gu lost to Korea's Lee Eun Hee and Moon Hyun Jung by the faintest margin of 4-3.

Yu Meng Yu continued her good form in the U21 Girls' Event. She excelled and proceeded to the next round. Li Siyun Isabelle and Sim Kai Xin Zena, however, lost to their higher ranked opponents. Zena lost to Spain's Dvorak Galia while Isabelle faltered against Chinese Taipei's Cheng I-Ching. Ma Liang and Guo Yi Teng are the only 2 paddlers to advance to the quarter finals in the U21 Boys' Event.

Click on the followings for the results.
Men's Singles

Women's Singles

Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles

U21 Boys' Singles

U21 Girls' Singles




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