Thursday, February 12, 2009
12:20 AM
ITTF Doha Junior Open - Another Medal for Isabelle
Li Siyun Isabelle team up with Lund Josefin from Sweden to clinch Bronze once again in the Junior Girls' Team in Doha. They appear top in the group, overcoming teams from Egypt, Russia and Host Nation. However, in the second stage of the event, they lost 3-1 to another team from Russia and settled for Bronze. In the last match, Li lost by the narrowest margin against Russian 15 year old Noskova Yana. She faltered 11-13, 10-12, 12-10, 11-13.

On the other hand, our boys failed to win any medal. Cadet Boys' Team comprising of Chew Zhe Yu Clarence and Tay Jit Kai made it to the 2nd round before losing to Iran by the faintest margin of 3-2.

Pang Xue Jie participated in the Junior Boys' Event together with Korean Jang Kyu Tae. Both of them also suffered a Quarter Final defeat. They lost to Egypt with a score of 3-1.

Singles Events will begin later today.




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