Sunday, January 11, 2009
5:09 PM
Tournament of Champion - History remains Unchanged
Li Jiawei settled for Bronze once again after losing to China's Zhang Yining in the Semi-Finals.

Olympic champion Zhang Yining succumbed easily to Li Jia Wei in the first set before coming back to wrap up the semifinal encounter 1-4.

Despite the lost, Li was rather satisfied with her performance. She claimed that given her current physical condition and the lack of training, she could still win one set from Zhang.

Jiawei's Beijing University Club's Coach, Liu Wei, even mentioned that Jiawei has put up a good fight and that this is one of her best matches against Zhang Yining.

The current world No. 1 declined to blame on the non-speed glued racket rather than the cold weather. "It's just too cold in the hall and I could not feel my fingers," said the Beijing native. "As long as I fixed attention on the match, it went more and more smoothly."

Li Jiawei will be taking a break after this competition.




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