Wednesday, August 13, 2008
4:58 PM
2008 Beijing Olympic Games - Men's Team defeat Canada 3-0!

Seeded seventh, the Men’s Team has had less attention than their female counterparts, but the trio of Gao Ning, Yang Zi and Cai Xiaoli had no less drive to win as they beat Canada yesterday. They too defeated Canada 3-0. However the win was not as easy as the score implies.

Gao Ning , who will be taking on Zhang Peng in the first match won with a margin of 3-1 (13-11, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9). However, Yang Zi who is suffering from an ankle injury was stretched to the full 5 games distance before overcoming Peter-Paul Pradeeban 8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7. Yang Zi continue to pair up with Cai Xiao Li in the doubles event and they did well once again to beat Sheng Qiang and Peter-Paul Pradeeban 9-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-5.

The Men’s Team will take on Croatia tomorrow morning (14/8) at 1000 hours and later in the evening at 1930 hours, they will face the second seeds – Germany.




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