DAWEI ITTF PRO TOUR GRAND FINALS 2001

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CHINESE SIMPLY TOO STRONG

10/01/2002
Peter Jensen, ITTF
Tianjin, China

The two semi finals in women’s singles will be a Chinese matter – the four quarter-finals were all won by Chinese.

The World Champion WANG Nan was the one who was closest to defeat. The match against Tamara BOROS (CRO) went to the 7^th and decisive game and the Croatian hard hitter had 7-4. 4 points away from the victory – but she never got closer.

WANG Nan took a time out, and that broke the ice – beneath BOROS. She lost 7 points in a row just to see WANG go away with the victory.

The nr. 1 on the Pro Tour standings RYU Ji Hye had to surrender to the young NIU Jianfeng who seemed very strong and might be the challenger to WANG Nan in the final.

KIM Kyung Ah (KOR) is playing a solid defensive, but against GUO Yan it was not enough. The two played some very spectacular rallies, but KIM couldn’t keep up with GUO.

The last Chinese in the semi finals is LI Jia who easily beat Aya UMEMURA (JPN)