Sunday, March 22, 2009
5:50 AM
ITTF Pro Tour German Open - Sun Bei Bei, Our Only Hope Left
Our female paddlers continued their woes after Feng Tianwei's exit in the 3rd round. Yu Meng Yu became the next victim of the defendsive skills of Belarus' Pavlovich Viktoria. Her staunch defence and the occasional attack caught Yu unexpected. Yu, who has never shown a liking against defensive play, lost in straight games, 11-8, 11-4, 11-4, 11-7. In addition, 2nd Seed, Wang Yue Gu was also ousted out. She lost to Japanese Hirano Sayaka, 11-9, 11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 11-6.

Sun Bei Bei is now the only one left standing. She defeated Germany's Barthel Zhenqi, 11-6, 11-2, 7-11, 11-7, 8-11, 13-11, to secure herself a Bronze Medal. She will be aiming to clinch her 2nd Pro Tour Title after the Indian Open in 2007. However, she will have to first get pass Pavlovich Viktoria to reach the Finals. Pavlovich Viktoria has already beaten 2 of our paddlers. In the Finals, she will most likely be meeting China's Li Xiaodan. Li is the black horse for this event.

In the Women's Doubles Event, Wang Yue Gu/Feng Tianwei fall short against Japanese Fujii Hiroko/Ishikawa Kasumi. They lost 8-11, 11-4, 6-11, 7-11, 7-11 in the Quarte Finals. On the other hand, Sun Bei Bei/Yu Meng Yu proved that they are great partners. They achieved a Bronze Medal after losing to China's Mu Zi/Li Xiaodan in he Semi Finals.

Our 2nd Medal came from Gao Ning/Yang Zi. They lost to the Japanese pairing in the Semi-Finals and settled for Bronze.

Meanwhile, there were another 2 Bronze Medal won by our youths. Ma Liang and Yu Meng Yu finished Top 4 position in the U21 Bys' and Girls' Event respectively.




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