Sunday, March 15, 2009
9:56 PM
ITTF Pro Tour Indian Open - Ma Liang and Yu Meng Yu Pocket 1st Pro Tour Singles Title!
Our Male Paddlers did exceptionally well. Expecially for Ma Liang, it was a double happiness.

Ma Liang beat the more experienced Cai Xiao Li in the final of the Men’s Singles event 13-15, 11-6, 14-12, 11-4, 8-11, 8-11, 11-9 having overcome the left-handed Yang Zi in the semi-finals 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 5-11, 14-12, 5-11, 11-7.

In the counterpart semi-final Cai Xiao Li defeated his higher ranked collegue Gao Ning 5-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-13, 11-8, 12-10.

Meanwhile, in the Women’s Singles event, Yu Meng Yu beat Malaysian Beh Lee Wei to capture gold.

At the semi-final stage, Yu Meng Yu defeated Ng Sock Khim also from Malaysia, 11-4, 11-8, 13-15, 12-10, 14-12 before overcoming Beh Lee Wei 5-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-9, 4-11, 11-4. One round earlier Beh Lee Wei had beaten Madhurika Patkar (IND) 11-7, 12-10, 11-6, 11-6.

The Men’s Doubles title went to Gao Ning and Yang Zi. They beat Sharath Kamal Achanta and Subhajit Roy from Host Country in the final, 14-12, 14-12, 11-5, 11-3 whilst the counterpart Women’s Doubles crown was won by Beh Lee Wei and Ng Sock Khim.

Ma Liang became the biggest winner in the 4 day event, having won the U21 Boys' Singles Crown one day earlier.

Our paddlers will be looking forward to winning more Medals next week as they will be heading to Bremen for the German Open. They will be joined by another 3 paddlers; Feng Tianwei, Wang Yue Gu and Sun Bei Bei.




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