Thursday, December 10, 2009
2:10 PM
SEA Games - Men's & Women's Team Through to the Finals
Singapore Men's and Women's Team successfully negotiated the Semi Finals, defeating Vietnam and Malaysia respectively to book their place in the Finals.

The Men's Team weathered a 3-hour-20-minute storm before overcoming Vietnam 3-2. Gao Ning got the Republic off to a bright start when he defeated Doan Kien Quoc 11-5, 11-5, 12-14, 8-11, 11-9. But Vietnam levelled matters through Nguyen Nam Hai when Yang Zi lost 13-11, 9-11, 11-13, 11-3, 7-11. In the third singles, Cai Xiaoli lost to Tran Tuan Quynh 11-6, 11-7, 4-11, 8-11, 2-11. Gao Ning stopped the rot by beating Hai in the reverse singles 11-7, 11-9, 11-9. In the rubber match, Yang Zi redeemed himself with a 12-10, 11-2, 11-9 win over Doan Kien Quoc.

Meanwhile the Women's Team continued their dominance, trashing Malaysia 3-0. Wang Yuegu made light work of the opening tie, beating Fan Xiao Jun 11-4, 11-2, 11-6. Feng Tianwei then took apart Malaysia's No.1 Beh Lee Wei 11-3, 11-6, 11-5. In the third singles, Sun Beibei defeated Chiu Soo Jin 11-4, 11-6, 11-5.

Singapore will contest Thailand on both the men's and women's final at 3pm later today.




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