Saturday, March 21, 2009
7:25 AM
ITTF Pro Tour German Open - Success for our Female Paddlers
China's youths were unable to cause any upsets against our paddlers. Top Seed Feng Tianwei defeated Wu Yang 4-1. Similarly, against another Chinese, Yu Meng Yu beat Mu Zi 11-9, 8-11, 15-13, 6-11, 11-6, 11-7. Sun Bei Bei and Wang Yue Gu progressed as well. Sun Bei Bei defeated another defender Pavlovich Veronika, while Wang will ousted out Germany's Bollmeier Nadine.

Meanwhile, Gao Ning, seeded no.8, accounted for Portugal's Tiago Apolonia. He won11-4, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-13, 11-6. On the other hand, Yang Zi lost to Germany's Suss Christian after putting up a tough fight. He lost 11-8, 6-11, 4-11, 11-6, 6-11, 6-11.

Our Doubles continued to progress. Gao/Yang were tested but managed to overcome Germany's Baum Patrick/Hielscher Lars. They won 11-7, 11-7, 11-13, 10-12, 11-7, 6-11, 11-5. Sun/Yu and Wang/Feng had a much easy time. Sun/Yu beat Belarus's Dubkova Alena/Pavlovich Viktoria while Feng/Wang defeated Pavlovich Veronika/Privalova Alexandra. Both won their opponents 4-1.

Matches will continue today.




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