h6. update
unfortunately it was not meant to be. just like jing jun hong 4 years back, Li Jiawei failed to enter the finals game after losing 4-3 to the North Korean Kim Hyang Mi. It was especially sore when Jiawei was leading 3-1 with her whitewashing Kim 11-0 in the second game. On hindsight, it might have been better if she had let Kim scored a few points in that game – it might have just been the kick that spurred Kim to be more determine to win the semi-finals.
I rushed with my girl to Toa Payoh to catch the game with 200+ other locals at the Table Tennis HQ and it had a great atmosphere with little flags fluttering and that noisy blow-up clappers. There were yells of joys whenever Li scored a point, and also a hall of sighs whenever she lost one. In the end, a warm round of applause ran around the hall after the final result set in.
A wasted opportunity.
h6. earlier
Just caught Li Jia Wei beat China’s Wang Nan 4-1 ( 11:7 11:7 11:13 11:9 11:8 )in the Olympics Table Tennis Quarter finals. Earlier on, Zhang Xueling lost 4-2 to North Korean Kim Hyang Mi to set up a semi final face-off with Jia Wei.
Jia Wei becomes the second time Singapore got into the semi-finals in Table Tennis when Jing Junhong got that far in Australia four years back before losing the next two games to return empty handed. Jia Wei looked pretty strong in the match against Wang Nan although she seems to have slight problem closing the games, allowing Wang Nan to creep up before winning her games.
Hope to have even better news in two days time. Oh yes, Go Singapore!
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