Wednesday, December 10, 2008
6:55 PM
ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals - Tough Draw for Li Jiawei in Singles, but Bye in Doubles
In the top half of the draw, Wang Yue Gu will be meeting Macau's Ma Chao for the first time at a world ranking competition, whilst in another duel, 5th Seed Li Jia Wei will be facing Hong Kong's Jiang Huajun. The odds slightly favour Jia Wei, having won two of their three encounters in world ranking events and recently in the Chinese Super League.

Meanwhile in the lower half of the draw, 4th seed Feng Tianwei will be confronting Li Jiao, the Dutch Lady. Feng has prevailed in all three previous encounters. Also, Sun Bei Bei will be meeting Poland's defender Li Qian. The two has never met in major international competition before.

In the Women's Doubles Event, only seven pairs are in action. This resulted in Li Jia Wei and Sun Bei Bei, the top seeds, receiving an opening round bye. Feng Tianwei and Yu Meng Yu will confront Olympics Bronze Medalist Kim Kyung Ah and Park Mi Young. Kim/Park has defeated our paddlers in many occasions.

In the U21 Girls' Event, Yu Meng Yu is being grouped alongside with Top Seed Dodean Daniela from Romania, Japanese Ishigaki Yuka and Russia's Elena Troshneva in Group A.




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