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Awesome Performances by Chinese Quartet Secures Semi-Final Places |
08/27/2011
Harmony 2011 China Open - ITTF Pro Tour,24 Aug 2011 - 28 Aug 2011, Suzhou, CHN
The top four seeds in the Women’s Singles event at the Harmony China Open is Suzhou, all from the host nation – Li Xiaoxia, Ding Ning, Guo Yan, Guo Yue – stamped their authority on proceedings at the semi-final stage in the most emphatic way possible.
On the evening of Saturday 27th August 2011, when faced with foreign opposition they took no prisoners; when faced with one of their very own, the pecking order ruled.
It was a series of quite awesome performance from the quartet who .... |
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Chinese Taipei Celebrates, Golden Day for Chen Chien-An and Cheng I-Ching |
08/27/2011
Harmony 2011 China Open - ITTF Pro Tour,24 Aug 2011 - 28 Aug 2011, Suzhou, CHN
Wins for 20 year old Chen Chien-An and 19 year old Cheng I-Ching at the Harmony China Open in Suzhou on Saturday 27th August 2011, signalled celebration time for Chinese Taipei.
The duo emerged as the surprise winners of the respective Under 21 Men’s and Under 21 Women’s Singles titles, both beating higher seeded opposition to clinch gold.
Chen Chien-An, the eighth seed overcame Japan’s fifth seeded Koki Niwa in five games (11-7, 17-15, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6) at the final hurdle; whilst.... |
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China Imposes Authority on Doubles Proceedings to Guarantee Gold and Silver |
08/27/2011
Harmony 2011 China Open - ITTF Pro Tour,24 Aug 2011 - 28 Aug 2011, Suzhou, CHN
The Men’s and Women’s Doubles titles at the Harmony China Open are destined for the host nation; that is the one clear fact following the semi-finals in Suzhou on Saturday 27th August 2011.
In the Women’s Doubles penultimate round matches Guo Yan and Guo Yue succeeded as did Ding Ning and Li Xiaoxia.
Soon after, it was the same scenario in the Men’s Doubles contests to determine which pairs would be present on the concluding day of action.
Ma Lin and Zhang Jike alongside Ma .... |
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Wang Hao Departs, Yan An Stuns Suzhou Crowd at Harmony China Open |
08/27/2011
Harmony 2011 China Open - ITTF Pro Tour,24 Aug 2011 - 28 Aug 2011, Suzhou, CHN
Runner up in the Boys’ Singles event at the Volkswagen World Junior Championships in 2009, when beaten by compatriot Fang Bo, 18 year old Yan An excelled all expectations in Suzhou on Saturday 27th August 2011.
He caused the one upset in the third round of the Men’s Singles event at the Harmony China Open and he caused an upset of seismic proportions.
In five games he beat Chinese National Team compatriot, Wang Hao, the no.1 seed to book a place in the quarter-finals in only his th.... |
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Favourites Stamp Authority on Proceedings to Book Last Eight Places |
08/27/2011
Harmony 2011 China Open - ITTF Pro Tour,24 Aug 2011 - 28 Aug 2011, Suzhou, CHN
Matters went exactly according to status in the third round of the Women’s Singles event at the Harmony China Open in Suzhou on Saturday 27th August 2011; the higher ranked player emerged victorious in all eight duels.
Furthermore, none of the eventual victors was extended the full seven games distance; any thoughts of upsets were quickly extinguished.
Notably the host nation’s Wen Jia and Korea’s Jeon Ji Hee, players who have excelled this year, were put firmly in their places..... |
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Russian Revolution Reaches Korea, Seo Hyun Deok Next to Fall |
08/26/2011
Harmony 2011 China Open - ITTF Pro Tour,24 Aug 2011 - 28 Aug 2011, Suzhou, CHN
Whatever Russia’s 29 year old Alexey Liventsov ate for breakfast on the morning of Friday 26th August 2011, he might well be advised to continue with the same fare in future.
An amazing first round win over China’s reigning Olympic champion, the superb Ma Lin; Aleksey Liventsov maintained his outstanding form to cause a further upset in the Men’s Singles event at the Harmony China Open in Suzhou.
He beat Korea’s Seo Hyun Deok, the no.19 seed in five games (2-11, 11-6, 13-11, 11-5, .... |
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Fluent in Suzhou, Kim Min Seok Learns from Spanish Lesson in Almeira |
08/26/2011
Harmony 2011 China Open - ITTF Pro Tour,24 Aug 2011 - 28 Aug 2011, Suzhou, CHN
Early in the afternoon of Sunday 10th April 2011 in the southern Spanish city of Almeria, Korea’s Kim Min Seok held one match point in the seventh game in his Men’s Singles semi-final duel against the top seed, Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus.
He went for glory, the forehand topspin directed down the parallel to the forehand of his adversary flew long; the chance had gone, Vladimir Samsonov won the next two points and thus progressed to the final at the Spanish Open.
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