Friday, December 12, 2008
11:32 PM
ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals - Great Performance in Macau
Having qualified for the Finals in the Women's Doubles Event earlier, our female paddlers continued their good form in the Women's Singles Event.

Wang Yuegu, Li Jia Wei and Feng Tianwei all ran away 4-0 victors in their respective women’s singles matches and Sun Bei Bei defeating Li Qian in 6 games. While Wang was expected to overcome her host nation opponent, Ma Chao In, with little difficulty, Li turned in a good performance to overcome Hong Kong's Jiang Huajun, her adversary for the night.

STTA High Performance Manager Eddy Tay was happy with Jia Wei's results. He mentioned that Jia Wei played to form and that her match tomorrow against China's Guo Yan may reep unexpected results as Jia Wei plays well without pressure. Li also states that she will fight for every point against her China opponent.

Wang prevailed 11-7, 11-1, 11-3, 11-1, whilst Jia Wei and Tinawei succeeded 11-4, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 and 11-6, 11-8, 11-3, 11-7 respectively.

Meanwhile for Sun Bei Bei, she caused an upset against the Polish Defender. Sun explained that she heeded Coach Liu Guo Dong's advice and studied the video of her defeat against defending players.

Sun Bei Bei won 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-2.

Wang Yue Gu will meet South Korean and World No. 1 defender Kim Kyung Ah tomorrow. Kim Kyung Ah has caused 2 upsets earlier on. She beat Top Seed China's Li Xiaoxia and overcame 2nd Seeds Hong Kong's Jiang Huajun/Tie Yana. Feng Tianwei and Sun Bei Bei are schedule to meet Austria's Liu Jia and China's Guo Yue respectively.




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