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13th Asian Junior
Championships
(25-30 July 2007
Hoengseong, Korea)
FULL RESULT
Traditional
forces were in motion when the Cadet Age players took the floor for the
singles competition on day four of the 13 Th Asian Championships in
Hoengseung, Korea.
Japan, Korea, and China muscled through seven athletes to the
quarterfinal stage of the Cadet Boys singles leaving Sourav Saha from
India as the only outsider when the battle for a spot on the Asian Cadet
Boys Team bound for the 2007 ITTF World Cadet Challenge continues Sunday
morning.
The match of the day in the boy's event was the encounter between the
top seeded Korean Jung Young Sik and the unseeded?! Chinese prospect
Yan An. Jung, who already reached the semifinal in the unforgettable
World Cadet Challenge in Santo Domingo- Dominican Republic 2005, fell
behind from the beginning of the match and had to use much of his energy
to chase down a fast and versatile opponent. A bad start, 0-4 in the
fifth and deciding game, finally drove the best Korean hope out of the
tournament much to the disappointment of his loud and loyal
supporters in the stands. Favorites to reach
the final four are now the two Chinese ; Yan An and Song Hongyan , both
with a similar aggressive and offensive playing style. Korea's best
remaining hope is the small sized forehand virtuous Lee Seung Jun who
squeezed out of his group with the narrowest of margins. Two Japanese
boys are also in the hunt for success with the left-handed Tayio Nomura
standing strong on his top seeded position.
Mikael Andersson
ITTF Global Junior Programme Manager
2211 Riverside Drive, Suite 400
Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 7X5
CANADA
Email:
mikael@ittf.com
http://www.ittf.com/junior_link_main.html
A young girl from Thailand - 13 year old
Suthasinee Sawettabutfaces Sunday morning the toughest test so far in
her carrier. In order to qualify for the Asian cadet girl's team she
will have to overcome Chinas best Cadet Girl - Chen Meng in the
quarterfinal.
Young Sawettabut who made an impressive debut in the 2006 WCC in Serbia
made however a strong statement in the group stages of the Cadet girls
singles event in Hoengseung. She won her group in convincing style and
left her opponents from Hong Kong and Korea wondering what hit them.
No doubt at all that Suthasinee Sawettabut is one of the most refreshing
sights in the world of Asian female table tennis for the moment.
Despite coming from a non traditional table
tennis country the young girl is loaded with both physical stature,
technical talent and a wonderful mental poise.
Another tough test awaits the defending 2006 WCC singles champion -Misaki
Morizono from Japan who from her top seeded position happens to run into
the second Chinese girl - Tian Minwei in her quarterfinal.
In the two remaining matches Lee Ho Ching from Hong Kong and Yang Ha Eun
from the host association will Sunday morning enter the courts in the
Hoengseung Gymnasium as the clear favorites.
Mikael Andersson
ITTF Global Junior Programme Manager
2211 Riverside Drive, Suite 400
Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 7X5
CANADA
Email:
mikael@ittf.com
http://www.ittf.com/junior_link_main.html
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