Saturday, July 25, 2009
6:12 AM
ASIAN Junior Championships - 9th Position for Both Junior Boys and Girls
In the decisive 9th and 10th placing match, our junior paddlers kept their cool to beat their opponents with a convincing margin to clinch the 9th place in the Junior Boys' and Girls' Team Event.

Chong Hur Ying Darren gave Singapore the perfect start against Pakistan. He crashed Virk Salman Ahmad Tahir in straight games to grab the 1st point for the team. Pang Xue Jie extended the lead by defeating Ayub Sheikh Waqas, 3-1. However, when everyone thought that victory was already in our hands, Lim Jie Yan lost to Rameez Muhammad, 3-0. In the 4th match against Virk Salman Ahmad Tahir, Xue Ji was in ungorgiving mood. He swept his opponent 3-0, clinching the most critical point in the match. Thereby, our paddlers were placed 9th out of 13 teams.

The female counterparts did well to clinch the 9th position as well. Kwa Hui Qi and Look Pei Yee Sylvia won the 1st 2 match beating Khusseinova Gulchekhra and Kharechko Margarita respectively in the match against host nation. Both won 3-1. However, matters changed in the 3rd match, where Chng Rui Min lost to Timchenko Alexandra. She lost each set by the smallest margin of 2 points difference! Sylvia Look then brought matters to a close in the 4th match, when she defeated Khusseinova Gulchekhra in straight games.




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