Thursday, May 21, 2009
8:58 AM
Commonwealth Championships - One Step Away From Gold
In their opening match of the second stage of proceedings in the Men’s Team event, Our Men's Team put up a great performance against Wales.

Gao Ning proving too strong for Stephen Gertsen, winning 11-2,11-6,11-2. In the 2nd match, Robertson was beaten in a thrilling five games encounter by Yang Zi. Yang recovered to take the game, 7-11,11-4,18-16,8-11,11-8. The young man from Wrexham rose to the occasion; thrilled his supporters but it was not to be for Wales. Cai Xiao Li clinch the last point by overpowering Steven Jenkins, 11-2,11-3,11-6.

In their 2nd match against South Africa, the male paddlers continue to enjoy success. The trio of Gao Ning, Yang Zi and Cai Xiao Li concluded the third day with a three-nil victory over South African team of Shane Overmeyer, Theo Gogill and Shaun Jones. Gao Ning was in an unmerciful mood. He beat Shane Overmeyer 11-4,8-11,11-6,11-6. Yang Zi gave no opportunity to his opponent as well. He oust out Theo Gogill, 11-6,11-6,11-4. Cai Xiao Li warp up the game after celebrating his success over Shaun Jones. He won 11-9,11-3,11-2.

The Men's Team will be playing against Canada in their last match in the 2nd stage for a place in the finals. If they are able to succeed, their opponent in the Gold Medal playoff is likely to be from India.

Our Women's Team remain unbeaten in the 2nd stage and earned themselves a place in the Finals. They recorded wins over Wales and India in the 3rd day to appear Top in the group. Represented by Sun Bei Bei, Wang Yue Gu and Yu Meng Yu, Singapore defeated the Indian trio of Shamini Kumaresan, Madhurikha Patkar and Neha Aggarwal by three matches to nil. The first point for the republic was won by Sun Bei Bei. She proved to the the stronger of both, defeating Shamini Kumaresan 1-11,5-11,13-11,13-15. Wang Yue Gu extended the lead by recording the next win against Madhurikha Patkar. She won 7-11,6-11,6-11.
The last point was won by Yu Meng Yu. She beat Neha Aggarwal 7-11,14-12,10-12,9-11. Earlier on, our female team recorded another win against Wales.

Our Women's Team will be seeking to retain the title against Malaysia later today.




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