Monday, April 20, 2009
3:29 PM
SAFRA/STTA Table Tennis Championships 2009 - Chew Justify Seeded Position
Top Seed in both the U18 and U15 Boys' Singles Event, Olympic Youth Paddler Hopeful Chew Zhe Yu Clarence justified his position by clinching the 1st position. Chew's journey to the highest position on the podium was not an easy task. In the U18 event, he defeated his senior Lim Jie Yan in the Finals to clinch the title.  In addition, his female counterpart Chau Hai Qing was also crowned the U15 Girls' Singles Champion. Meanwhile the U18 Girls' Singles Title was taken by the  more experienced Kwa Hui Qi. The winner for the U12 Boys' and U12 Girls' Singles are Tang Jiawen Cheryl and Yin Jin Yuan.

Things may look joyful for these Youth Olympics Hopefuls. However, the other Youth Olympians to be suffered earlier defeat in the respective group stages. Winner in the U15 Girls' event, Chau faltered against Lim Yi Xuan in the opeing round of the U18 Girls' event. Meanwhile, Lam Teng Si suffered under Chng Rui Min in the Semi Finals. Lam also crash out in the Quarter Finals of the U15 Girls' event.

The proficiency of the overseas training stint has been questioned once again. Against local paddlers of their age group, these Youth Olympians to be do not have a clear advantage. How will they be able to face the strong challenge from the other competitors from other countries?




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