Table Tennis
Emotional scenes fill the arena as Quek strikes surprise title
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Wednesday, 03 November 2021 15:53
The unanticipated Round of 32 departure for top-ranked Payas Jain blew the title contest wide open, and amongst a star-studded field, it was Quek who capitalised. Brushing aside Luxembourg’s Mael Van Dessel (11-4, 14-12, 11-9) and India’s Himnakulhpuingheta Jeho (12-10, 11-5, 11-4), Quek then added Australia’s Finn Luu to his list of victories (11-4, 11-5, 7-11, 15-13) to earn his…
Liu displays class again at WTT Youth Contender Senec
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Wednesday, 03 November 2021 19:42
The Australian was in unstoppable form right from her qualification rounds where she defeated Belarus’ Darya Kisel and Renata Lacenova from the Slovak Republic in straight games. After receiving a bye in the Round of 32, Liu showed similar class by dispatching Slovak Republic’s Eliska Stullerova in the Round of 16 before eliminating Emine Ernst from the Netherland in the…
Main draw places decided, hosts strongly represented
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Thursday, 04 November 2021 03:03
A qualification schedule in which players finishing in first and second positions in each of three groups advanced directly to the quarter-finals, the two further places being decided by a preliminary round involving the remaining players, Geovanny Coello and Juan Jesus Gomez were very much the players in form. They emulated Shemar Britton who, the previous day, had completed the…
Belik and Gupta break new ground with first WTT Youth Series success
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Tuesday, 02 November 2021 16:31
Dreaming big, Belik’s first objective was to make his way through the Under-17 Boys’ Singles quarter-finals. Taking on Carlos Fernandez of Peru, Belik rose to the occasion to beat the Latin American across four games (11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9). One victory in the bag, Belik earnt his second of the day in opposition to Izaac Quek Yong but was made…
Ghorpade wins again at WTT Youth Contender Senec
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Tuesday, 02 November 2021 21:51
The 17-year-old Indian seized the early initiative by taking the first game 11-7 against the Singaporean. Zhou, however, levelled the score after winning the second game 11-8. The advantage swung back to Ghorpade after she snatched victory in the third game 11-6 before a 12-10 win for Zhou meant the match would have to be decided in the fifth and…
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