Friday, February 6, 2009
6:31 AM
ITTF Bahrain Junior Open - More has to be done to achieve medals in the Youth Olympics
Our paddlers failed to achieve good results in the Junior and Cadet Team Events after the 2 days competition. It is a worrying sign for our paddlers as 3 of them are preparing for the Youth Olympics, yet such a result shows that there is still a big gap to be bridge between them and other strong teams such as China, Hong Kong and South Korea.

Our Cadet Boys' Team, consists of Chew Zhe Yu Clarence and Tay Jit Kai earned a place in the Top 6 position after achieving an 2nd position in the Group Stage (they lost to Hong Kong Team A). They then lost to Hong Kong Team B in the Knock-Out Stage and settled for a Top 6 position. Pang Xue Jie was eliminated in the Group Stage after achieving the last position in the group.

Li Siyun Isabelle and Pang Xue Jie had to team up with paddlers from other countries since they are the only Singaporean Participants in the Cadet Girls' and Junior Boys' Team Event.

The results for the more experienced players were more relieving.

Isabelle paired up with Alqasimi Fatema from the host nation to clinch a Bronze Medal. Isabelle performed better than what the team had achieved. Li has never lost a single game against her opponent (refering to Singles, not Doubles)!

Matches for the Singles Event will begin today.




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