Sunday, November 29, 2009
11:58 PM
ITTF Pro Tour Polish Open - Bronze for Feng Tianwei and Ma Liang
South Korea's Park Mi Young performed a quite incredible comeback to end the hopes of 23 year old Feng Tianwei in the Semi Finals of the Women's Singles Event. Park trailed by three games to nil before mounting a revival that brought victory. Feng lost 9-11, 7-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7.

Earlier on in the Round of 16, Wang Yuegu and Sun Beibei both suffered defeats. Wang lost to the Chinese best defender Fan Ying, while Sun lost to a member of the South Korea, who learnt the art of attacking in China before going over shore - Seok Ha Jung. Meanwhile, Yu Meng Yu suffered 1st round defeat in the Women's Singles Event. She was ousted out by an European lady currently occupying the no.104 spot on the ITTF Women’s World Rankings and having almost bowed out in the group qualification stage - Ana-Marija Erdelji from Serbia. Once again, the reason that caused Yu to fail boils down to the fact that the Women's Team have not found the solution against defenders.

Gao Ning, the no.4 seed, had his aspirations quashed by Sweden’s Jens Lundqvist. The gap in ranking between Jens Lundqvist, world ranked no.55 as opposed to Gao Ning at no.26 is not that great and the Swede has arguably the most powerful forehand in the world. In Warsaw that forehand was in full flow as he defeated Gao Ning in five games; 11-9, 11-7, 12-10, 10-12, 11-9. Yang Zi and Ma Liang suffered 1st round defeats. Yang Zi lost in 5 games to Spain's Machado Carlos while Ma Liang was beaten by the higher ranked Russia's Kuzmin Fedor.

Our Men's and Women's Doubles suffered early round defeats as well. Top Seeds, Gao Ning/Yang Zi was defeated by South Korea's Kim Jung Hoon/Oh Sang Eun in straight games. Feng Tianwei/Wang Yuegu as well as Sun Beibei/Yu Mengyu were both ousted out by Chinese adversaries. Defensive Fan Ying/Wu Yang who progress to take the title beat Sun/Yu 4-1. Guo Yan/Wang Xuan defeated Feng Tianwei/Wang Yuegu in another 5 sets.

On a lighter note, Ma Liang reached the Semi Finals of the U21 Boys Singles Event, defeating notable opponents along the way - Lin Gaoyuan from China.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
9:41 PM
Asian Championships - Bronze for Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu
Singaporean paddlers Feng Tianwei and Wang Yue Yuegu settled for the Bronze Medal in the Women's Doubles Event bowing out to the World's best defending pairing of South Korea's Kim Kyung Ah/Park Mi Young. Feng and Wang made too many unforced errors, causing them to lose narrowly by a margin of 4-3. The increased ability of the Koreans to attack, especially in the guise of Kim Kyung Ah, proved a decisive factor in the crucial seventh game; mostly the Koreans relied on stonewall defence but the relatively infrequent attack from Kim Kyung Ah came at exactly the right time in the decider. It took the score from 7-6 to 8-6 and put the pressure on the Singaporeans; they made mistakes and patience had prevailed.

Earlier, Feng and Wang defeated another pair of defenders - China's Fan Ying and Wu Yang, to enter the Semi Finals successfully.

Meanwhile in the Women's Singles Event, Wang Yuegu put up a great fight against World Cup Champion Liu Shiwen. Fast counter attacking play was the order of proceedings; Wang strong from the backhand made full use of the table, spreading the direction of player. Fleet of foot, Liu Shiwen responded; the speed of the rallies, the reactions of he players; the forethought of anticipation bringing sighs of adulation from the crowd. Liu Shiwen captured the first two games, the third went to Wang but then the sheer speed of the Chinese teenager prevailed. The next two games went Liu's way and a semi-final place was reserved; furthermore, Liu made sure that all four players in the penultimate round were Chinese - Ding Ning, Li Xiaoxia and Fan Ying.

Feng Tianwei, Sun Beibei and Yu Mengyu suffered early defeats. In the Round of 16, the current World No. 5 lost to the soild defence of Chinese Fan Ying. Similarly, Sun Beibei lost to the World's best defender, South Korea's Kim Kyung Ah. On the other hand, Yu Meng Yu was the casualty of Hong Kong's Jiang Huajun. Teenager Sim Kai Xin Zena lost to Hong Kong's Yu Kwok See April in the 2nd round.

In the Men's Singles Event, Gao Ning and Cai Xiaoli was ousted out in the 4th round. Gao Ning lost to China's rising star, Ma Long while Cai was defeated by eventual winner, China's Ma Long. Yang Zi suffered in the hands of Hong Kong's Jiang Tianyi in the 3rd round. Pang Xue Jie managed to reach the second round before losing to host nation's Chakraborty Sourav.

Things were not going smoothly in the Men's Doubles Events as well. Cai Xiaoli/Pang Xuejie lost to Taiwan's Chuang Chih-Yuan/Wu Chih-Chi in the 3rd round. Also in the same round, Gao Ning/Yang Zi was upset by South Korea's Seo Hyun Deok/Kim Min Seok. Their Women counterparts, Sun Beibei/Yu Mengyu suffered earlier round defeats as well. They lost to the the left and right pairing of Kim Jong/Kim Hye Song from North Korea.

Singaporean paddlers all crashed in the 3rd round of the Mixed Doubles Event. Gao Ning/Feng Tianwei lost to South Koreans Jeoung Sangeun/Seok Ha Jung. Yang Zi/Wang Yuegu lost to the mysterious North Koreans, Jang Song Man/Han Hye Song. Cai Xiaoli/Sun Beibei and Pang Xuejie/Yu Mengyu were ousted out by Chinese opponents. Cai and Sun lost to Top Seeds, Ma Long/Li Xiaoxia, whilst Pang/Yu were defeated by Wang Liqin/Wu Yang.

Below is the list of winners for the respective categories.
Men's Team - China
Women's Team - China
Men's Singles - Ma Long (CHN)
Women's SIngles - Ding Ning (CHN)
Men's Doubles - Ma Long/Xu Xin (CHN)
Women's Doubles - Ding Ning/Li Xiaoxia (CHN)
Mixed - Doubles - Ma Long/Li Xiaoxia (CHN)
Thursday, November 19, 2009
11:23 PM
Asian Championships - Great Performance Put Up By Sun Bei Bei
Singapore's women paddlers settled for silver in the Asian Championships in Lucknow, India after losing 1-3 to favourites and defending champions China in the team final on Thursday.

Despite the absence of world No.1 and 2, Zhang Yining and Guo Yue respectively, Singapore's trio of Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu and Sun Beibei found the going tough against the Chinese giants.

World No.5 Feng struggled against her lower-ranked opponent, Fan Ying, bowing out 8-11, 4-11, 10-12 in the first singles match-up.

This was followed by teammate Wang's 1-3 (11-6, 9-11, 6-11, 2-11) loss to Ding Ning.

Sun, who is ranked 22nd in the world, clawed her way back for Singapore after posting an 11-5, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8 upset win over Li Xiaoxia. This is the first time Sun has defeat the former World Cup Champion and World No. 4!

But it was a case of too little, too late, as Ding Ning claimed the gold medal for China with an 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 win over Feng.

Hong Kong and South Korea took home the bronze medal.

Meanwhile, our Men's Team was awarded the 8th position.
10:32 PM
亚洲锦标赛 - 孙蓓蓓横扫李晓霞 新加坡女队仍以3－1落败
第19届亚洲乒乓球锦标赛在印度展开了女团决赛的争夺，随着丁宁战胜冯天薇，中国女队以3-1战胜新加坡队，成功卫冕亚锦赛女团的冠军，四盘比分分别是范瑛3-0冯天薇、丁宁3-1王越古、李晓霞1-3孙蓓蓓、丁宁3-0冯天薇。

范瑛3-0冯天薇（11-8、11-4、12-10）
第一局比赛，面对范瑛的削球，冯天薇进入状态较慢，范瑛时转时不转的球也让冯天薇一时之间难以适应，5-9时，冯天薇通过进攻连得两分，但随着冯天薇回球拉空范瑛10-7拿到三个局点，随着冯天薇回球出界，范瑛以11-8拿下第一局。

第二局比赛，范瑛一上来运气不错，一个擦边拿下第一分，随后两人比赛进入胶着状态，从3平到4平，随着范瑛由削转攻得手，范瑛取得了5-4的领先，随后范瑛再接再厉连得四分将比分瞬间拉大到9-4，此时运气再次站在范瑛这一边，冯天薇对一个滚网球准备不足，勉强回球被范瑛一板扣死，最终范瑛以11-4再下一城。

第三局的比赛，没有退路的冯天薇并没有慌乱，继续稳扎稳打，开局阶段双方打成3-3平，随后范瑛对一个滚网球准备不足，让冯天薇拿下一分，随后范瑛进攻中连得两分将比分扩大到6-4，而冯天薇在反击中抓住机会再次将比分追平，这几分范瑛有点乱，随后中国削球第一人稳定状态将比分反超至8-7，这种情况下新加坡队叫了暂停，但冯天薇并没有就此摆脱被动局面，10-8的时候，胜利在望的范瑛被对手挽回一个赛点，这时，为保险起见，中国队主帅施之皓叫了暂停，不过暂停之后冯天薇仍挽回了一个赛点，随着冯天薇回球下网，范瑛以12-10拿下这一局，以总比分3-0为中国队取的开门红。

丁宁3-1王越古（6-11、11-9、11-6、11-2）
首局比赛，双方比较熟悉，一上来之后没有过多适应就开始进攻，丁宁在5-4领先的情况下被对手连下三分，随后丁宁稍显急躁，随着自己的回球出界，丁宁以6-11输掉了第一局。

第二局比赛，王越古继续稳扎稳打，丁宁也不甘示弱，双方从1平一直打到3平，随后张怡宁在自己的发球轮连得两分，王越古也不甘示弱将比分追平，比赛过程中可以看出王越古的老道，而小将丁宁则显得没有完全放开，压力偏大。随着丁宁回球下网，王越古已经连得四分将比分扮成7-5，这时候，放手一搏的丁宁反而没有了压力，并最终以11-9扳回一局，将两人之间的大比分追成1-1平。

第三局比赛，丁宁做出调整，首先是站位比原来更加靠前，这样更便于自己的进攻，并在一开局就取得了4-1的领先，随着丁宁面对对手的追身球回了一个高质量并在最后一拍中，一个大角度打得对手没脾气。王越古在1-5落后的情况下开始反扑，首先把丁宁逼退台将比分追成3-5，已经逐渐打出了气势的丁宁稳住阵脚将比分再次拉大到8-5，随着王越古的滚网球出界，丁宁10-6拿到四个局点，并最终以11-6拿下这一局。

第四局比赛，彻底放开了的丁宁越来越有感觉，一开局就取得了4-1的领先，随后丁宁越打越有，变线。得分，大角度变线，得分。反观王越古回球屡屡出界。7-1领先时，王越古已经没有机会，最终丁宁以11-2拿下这一局，以总比分3-1战胜王越古，中国队大分2-0领先新加坡，距离卫冕只差一步。

李晓霞1-3孙蓓蓓（5-11、11-6、8-11、8-11）
由于之前中国队在大分上已经2-0领先，李晓霞实力又明显在孙蓓蓓之上，因此大家赛前大家都觉得李晓霞横扫对手没有悬念，没想到比赛开始后李晓霞上去后明显心态有些紧，自身连续失误让孙蓓蓓很快以10-4拿到6个局点，尽管李晓霞随后挽回一个局点，但仍以5-11输掉了这一局。

第二局比赛，李晓霞逐渐放开了，一开局就取得了5-0的领先，随后李晓霞在7-2领先的情况下再次出现急躁，孙蓓蓓勉强回过来的滚网球，李晓霞却因为急于进攻直接回下了网，失掉这一分的李晓霞仅仅以7-5领先，随后李晓霞稳定心态以10-6拿到四个局点，随着孙蓓蓓回球下网，李晓霞以11-6拿下这一局，将两人之间的大比分扳成1-1平。

第三局比赛，李晓霞力量速度优势发挥的更加出色，开局阶段便以4-3领先，终局阶段李晓霞越战越勇，8-4时，李晓霞再次显示出急躁的老毛病，随着自己的回球打飞，孙蓓蓓将比分差距缩小到只有1分，无奈之下中国队主教练施之皓叫了暂停，暂停之后李晓霞仍未能孙蓓蓓的控制，最终以8-11再输一局。

第四局比赛，李晓霞依旧没有摆脱急躁的状态，开局阶段还能顶住，随后连续失误让孙蓓蓓瞬间已6-2领先。随后孙蓓蓓再接再厉以10-4拿到六个盘点，尽管李晓霞随后连挽四个局点，但孙蓓蓓仍以11-8拿下这一局，以3-1战胜李晓霞，中国队在大分上2-1暂时领先新加坡。

丁宁3-0冯天薇（11-8、11-8、11-7）
第四盘，双方第一主力首局比赛出场，刚刚赢球的中国选手丁宁迎战第一盘失利的新加坡队队员冯天薇，首局比赛，冯天薇开局阶段博得比较凶，并取得了4-2的领先，随后丁宁加快进攻节奏，冯天薇几个漫不经心的失误让她由领先变成了落后者，终局阶段丁宁取得了8-4的领先，尽管冯天薇在7-10落后时挽回一个局点，但丁宁最终仍以11-8拿下这一局。

第二局比赛，冯天薇一开局就取得了3-1领先，关键时刻丁宁紧盯冯天薇正手中路，并以此作为突破口，随着丁宁接发球抢攻得手，丁宁5-3将比分反超，冯天薇对这个球也是直摇头。终局阶段冯天薇进攻开始发威，显示一个放高球逼丁宁退台，随后大角度回球得手，随后进攻中再得一分将比分追成8平，关键时刻丁宁没有手软，随着冯天薇接回球拉空，丁宁以11-8再下一城。

第三局的比赛，双方打得都比较顽强，开局阶段打成3平，随后丁宁紧盯冯天薇的正手，相持中冯天薇回球下网，丁宁5-3领先，这是没有退路的新加坡队不得不叫了暂停，暂停之后丁宁再接再厉，并取得了7-4的领先，尽管冯天薇随后将比分追至7-10，但是丁宁还是以11-7拿下这一局，以总比分3-0战胜冯天薇，中国队也以3-1战胜新加坡队，成功卫冕亚锦赛女团的冠军。

本次亚锦赛女团决战，新加坡女队教练周树森在赛前低调地表示，和中国女队打比赛的目标，就是争取破零，得分就完成任务。不过，他肯定没有想到，能从中国队身上得到一分的，不是第一单打冯天薇、不是老将王越古，而是孙蓓蓓。
Thursday, November 12, 2009
1:05 PM
Euro-Asia Cup - Asian Team Defeated Despite Gao Ning's Valuable Point
Europe overcame Asia in a fantastic duel that presented table tennis in best possible way. The high-class encounters of biggest stars of today provided great suspense, beautiful performance and thrillers turn on. At the end, it was Europe that succeeded in "overtime". After 5:5 on aggregate and 20:20 in games Vladimir Samsonov kept his nerve and in 11th match of the Leg beat Li Ching.

The crucial moment was the great victory of Timo Boll against top player at the World rankings Chinese star Wang Hao. Boll beat Wang in straight sets. "I even surprised myself with the performance. When I won the opening game I was not sure that I will manage to keep in the same rhythm until the end. I succeeded and that win gave us some extra confidence;" explained Boll.

Head coach of the European team Richard Prause saw the great chance after the yesterdays 2:3. "It could easily be 3:3 for Europe, so we saw that we have enough space to improve and to force the match to the additional duel. We even had a chance to win before the Samsonov's match, but nevertheless ...The whole team played fantastic. Boll beat Wang and that is great success, but Schlager played well today too, and Vladimir had a tough task to get back in arena once again and to stay focus in additional encounter."

Werner Schlager bt Li Ching 3:1 (9:11, 11:5, 11:5, 11:7)
Li Ching gained the opening advantage with 7:4, but Schlager recovered and even had a lead in the first set at 9:8. That was not enough for safe finish, so with three points in the row Hong Kong's player sealed the opening set. Once again, in the follow up former World champion from Austria took control and in experienced manner left world's number 20 with only five points in second game to level the match.

After 5:1 in the in the third game Li Started to play better on Schlager's serve, but couple astonishing strokes from the cunning star prevented Li from taking the lead. Once again Li won only five points.

In superior style, Werner was heading to the victory, but at the middle of the fourth game, Li had other plans on his agenda. Once again, he brought the suspense in the match and leveled at 7 all. The pressure could not halt Schlager's progress and Hong Kong's player was stopped after seventh point.

Chuang Chih Yuan bt Kalinikos Kreanga (3:1 (7:11, 11:7, 13:11, 11:5)
Kalinikos Kreanga is yet to win the match after two legs of the Euro-Asia All Stars Event, but his fantastic performance once again was breathtaking. In the match against Chuang Chih Yuan of Taipei Greek star showed fabulous performance, as he always did, but just like against Ma Lin and Ma Long in Beijing the Asian adversary were too strong at Euro-Asia Cup. He took first set by the storm, but lost the pace in the second. After 6:6, Chuang was the player who dictated the rhytm.

Taipei's star leveled, but Kreanga's game becomes more aggressive. The third set was all about the speed. The fantastic strokes after stroke fired the crowd and brought the spectators on their feet. The cheering did not help Kreanga, it was Chuang who gained the first advantage after 10:10 and took the lead 2:1. Kreanga lost the match but he made Chuang sweat for every point.

Vladimir Samsonov bt Joo Se Hyuk 3:1 (11:8, 8:11, 11;7, 11:9)
There were no chinks in Vladimir Samsonov's armour when he faced Korea's JOO Se Hyuk. Like day before against Timo Boll the player with defensive skills showed great performance, but the winner of last month's World Cup was on the top of the game in the opening set.

The next game brought different picture. Samsonov trailed and his patience was challenged when Joo made a lead. Problems with Joo's service, opened the space for Vladimir in the third game, but not for long. The middle of the set brought the duels at the edge of the knife. In furious exchanges of ralies it was Samsonov who reached the 11th point first, and left Korean just with 7.

However, Joo showed no signs of capitulation and Vladi increased the pressure. Belarus left no space for Korean to threaten him in the final game.

Timo Boll bt Wang Hao 3:0 (11:6, 11:7, 11:6)
Timo Boll beat the best Chinese player at the World and he did it in fantastic style. Wang Hao lost in straight games and failed to jeopardize the German in any moment of the game. Only minute after the start of the fourth duel of the day German star Timo Boll was one game up against the world racquet number one Wang Hao. After German's dreamy start World champion tried to return in game in the second set. Triple European champion attacked and forced WANG into errors.

Boll's aggressive play did not give Wang minimal chance to react and with 2:0 German was step closer to the great victory. In final set Boll showed no mercy and did not lose the grip. He finished the match in furious style.

Gao Ning bt Michael Maze 3:1 (11:9, 3:11, 15:13, 11:9)
On the wings of great BOLL's victory Michael MAZE took an early lead against Gao Ning of Singapore. Nevertheless, he failed to capitalize on the good start and Gao was the first player to reach the 11th point. The situation changed in the second game. There were only one player at the table. Maze dominated.

When both players put a game in their pocket, the real battle stated. The spectators were given the chance to enjoy the high class performance and crowded hall embraced that opportunity. Applauses followed every stroke of the players. In nervous wrecking duels, Gao was always one step closer to the victory and he forced Maze to play at his best. At 10:9 Gao took time out, and it did not pay of. Dane saved first game ball after they returned and leveled. Maze saved four more before he had first one. It was Gao's turn, he leveled and finally took advantage of the fifth set ball to make the 2:1 lead.

His confidence grew even further . Gao was at the top of the game with 6:1 in a moment. His advantage started to melt after Maze made a series for 6:7.

Additional match (by lot): Vladimir Samsonov bt Li Ching 3:1 (11:8, 4:11, 11:9, 12:10)
The competitors in final duel of the second leg of Euro-Asia All Stars Serial were decided by the draw. Vladimir Samsonov drew Li Ching the former teammate from the Belgium's Sharleroi. After the fifth duel of the day and Maze's defeat, it was 5:5 in matches on aggregate and 20:20 in games.

Hong Kong's player exceeds his rankings and put Vladimir on serious test in the opening game. He lead 7:5, but Samsonov prevailed at the end of the opening set.

Li was in the driving seats in the second game. He left Samsonov only with four points. In the third, it was 7:7, 9:9, but Vladimir was the first to reach the 11th point. With the standing ovation Samsonov fought on his way to victorious finish. The fantastic closing stages of the match brought Europe to great triumph.

In the exhibition match Joo Se Hyuk beat Gencay Menge 3:0 (11:7, 13:11, 13;11).
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
4:09 PM
Euro-Asia Cup - Gao Ning Contributed the Valuable 1st Point!
Under the huge coverage with 10 TV cameras on the spot, the second leg of the Euro-Asia All Stars Event started this afternoon in Istanbul. Biggest stars of world sport gathers in ultimate challenge in the prestigious battle between the crème de la crème of two Continents.

Although Asia is at the lead 3:2 at the end of the opening day of the second leg of Euro-Asia All Stars Event, Old Continent still has a chance tomorrow. China's Wang Hao, Singapore's Gao Ning and Chuang Chih Yuan of Taipei collected the points for Asia whilst the victories from German Timo Boll and Dane Michael Maze keep the European dreams alive.

"The match is still open," said Timo BOLL who played fantastic duel against Joo Se Hyuk. "It is shame that Vladimir Samsonov could not do more against WANG Hao after 1:1. Anyway we will try to make a turnover tomorrow." Not only the fantastic duels , but the fully crowded hall, enthusiastic fans, and enormous TV coverage gave a mark today.

Gao Ning bt. Kreanga 3:1 (8:11, 11:8, 12:10, 11:6)
Kalinikos Kreanga of Greece and Gao Ning of Singapore play at the opening. Asian player gave his team advantage in the match. Kreanga took an early led and with superb finish won the first game of the match. Gao Ning had very few answers to Kalinikos lethal attacks. Nevertheless the in second game, it was the world's number 26 from Singapore that forced Kreanga to run for his points. The pressure just pulls out the best of World's number16. The play at the edge of exhibition and superb style that Kalinikos is famous of, heated the crowded hall in the Istanbul.

Unfortunately, for the European team after 5 each Gao took the control and leveled the match eventually. Gao leveled and after fierce battle in the third game and 12:10 for the Asian player the match had only one way.

Michael Maze bt. Li Ching 3:1 (11:9, 11;9, 9:11, 11:9)
Michael Maze won both matches in Beijing, and he kept his record clean in Istanbul. In the second match of the day, European champion from Stuttgart Maze put himself in the similar position like Kreanga before. European star won the first game easily against Li Ching and only minutes latter, he trailed 5:7 in the second game. Hong Kong's player failed to capitalize on that advantage; Dane leveled and took the second game.

Li finally took the chance in the third set and recovered from two games reverse. Hong Kong's player ranked no. 20 in the world even led in the fourth game 7:6, but Maze stayed unbeaten in the Euro-Asia All Stars Series.

Wang Hao bt Vladimir Samsonov 3:1 (11:5, 4:11, 11:9, 12:10)
The duel between world's number one WANG Hao of China and newly crowned World Cup champion Belarus Vladimir Samsonov showed great display of power from the Chinese star. In furious start, Wang took the lead in the first game and left Samsonov with only five points.

Samsonov forced Wang to taste some of his medicine in the second game. In a split second, he had a led 6:1 and eventually left WANG on 4 points on his way to level the game. With game in the pocket of each player the real battle started. Wang raised the pressure at the finish, but Samsonovsaved three game points before Asian coach Chan Kong Wah was forced to take a time out at 10:9. The decision was right and Wang was in the lead once again.

Cheered by the enthusiastic crowd Samsonov had 10:9 for two games all. However, Wang sealed the match with the victory in superb style.

Boll Timo bt. Joo Se Hyuk 3:2 (11:6, 11:4, 4:11, 10:12, 11:4)
The Europe's no. 1 Timo Boll maintained his patience to overcame the defensive skills of Korea's Joo Se Hyuk. He had dominated the meters at the start of the match. German closed any opportunity for adversaries to threaten him in two opening games.

In third set Joo had a chance for a first time in the match. Korea's player had a lead 6:4 and the change of rhythm gave him further advantage before he took the third set.

Boll struggled at the beginning of the fourth game, but not for long. German set the pace and though it looked like he will end the match, Joo raised the game and leveled the match. At two games each, once again spectators were given a chance to watch a thrilling duel. The outstanding strokes put the crowd in to the fire and pull out the best from both players. At the end Boll brought back Europe in the match escorted with the standing ovations from the tribunes.

Chuag Chih Yuan bt. Werner Schlager 3:0 (11:9, 11:6, 12:10)
Chuang Chih Yuan of Taipei gave Asia an opportunity to have a rest between two competition days with the lead in the second leg of the Euro-Asia All Stars Series. Taipei's player overcame experienced Werner Schlager. Ranked number 17 Chuang exceeds his rankings -and beat former World champion in straight games. Schlager put some extra pressure on Chuang only in the final set, but then it was too late to reverse the game.

First competition day finished with Li Ching exhibition match vs. Turkey's hope Gencay Menge. LI Ching won 3:0.

Today's line up will be as follows:
Li Ching vs Werner Schlager
Chuan Chi Yuan vs Kalinikos Kreanga
Joo Se Hyuk vs Vladimir Samsonov
Wang Hao vs Timo Boll
Gao Ning vs Michael Maze
Friday, November 6, 2009
1:00 AM
November World Ranking - Career High for Feng Tianwei
Men's Team World Ranking
26 - Gao Ning
63 - Yang Zi
150 - Ma Liang
173 - Cai Xiao Li
207 - Liu Zhong Ze
535 - Pang Xue Jie
1016 - Chew Zhe Yu Clarence
1069 - Chong Hur Ying Darren
1104 - Lim Jie Yan
1360 - Tay Jit Kiat
1417 - Ban Hoe Hian Dylan
1494 - Teo Yi Sen Bryan
1556 - Teo Yi-De Benjamin

Women's Team World Ranking
5 - Feng Tianwei
11 - Wang Yue Gu
14 - Li Jia Wei
22 - Sun Bei Bei
32 - Yu Meng Yu
231 - Ma Ming Lu
315 - Li Isabelle Siyun
330 - Sim Kai Xin Zena
369 - Kwa Hui Qi
516 - Look Pei Yee Sylvia




please contact us at sttnews@live.com.sg for any suggestions or enquires