Friday, August 26, 2011
11:59 PM
ITTF Pro Tour China Open - Li Hu the Name to Note in London

Singapore new Star Li Hu made it to the 2nd round of the Men's Singles Event before losing to higher ranked Chinese Taipei's Chuang Chih-Yuan. Seeded No. 29, Li Hu was beated 0-4 by No. 11 Seed 11-2, 11-4, 11-7, 11-6. Earlier in the first round, he crashed France's qualifier Lebesson Emmanuel 4-1.

On the other hand, Yang Zi and Zhan Jian was halted in the opening round. Yang Zi lost 0-4 against France's Mattenet Adrien while Zhan Jian lost to Japan's Matsudaira Kenta 3-4. Both Yang and Zhan were unseeded and played in the Qualifier.

Gao Ning was the sole Survivor to get pass 2nd round. Along the way, he defeated England's Drinkhall Paul, Swedish Lundqvist Jens with a comfortable margin of 4-2.

Yang Zi/Zhan Jian were the casualty in the Men's Doubles Event as well. They lost to 2nd Seeds, China's Ma Long/Wang Hao, 0-3. Meanwhile, Gao Ning/Li Hu beat Japan's Niwa Koki/Yoshida Kaii 3-1. However, Gao and Li fail to progress to the next round. The faced the same Chinese opponents and lost 0-4.




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