Under 17 girls’ singles silver medallist earlier this year in June at the WTT Youth Contender Havirov tournament; then experiencing the same fate one day later in the under 19 age group, notably losing to colleague Chen Yi, on Tuesday 6th September it was better news for China’s Qin Yuxuan.
Staged in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the concluding day of play, she accounted for Chen Yi to claim junior girls’ singles gold at the Asian Junior and Cadet Championships.
Success meant a second title for the young lady who will celebrate her 16th birthday on Wednesday 14th September; earlier alongside Chen Yi, Han Feier and Zong Geman, she had been pivotal to China’s success in the junior girls’ team event.
Likewise, there were two titles for Chen Yuanyu. He joined forces with Han Xinyuan, Liang Guodong and Zeng Beixun to claim the junior boys’ team top prize, prior to concluding matters by overcoming Chinese Taipei’s Kao Cheng-Jui to be crowned junior boys’ singles champion.
Rewards for China, there was also cadet boys’ team success; the combination of Huang Xunan, Huang Youhao and Kang Youde striking gold. However, there was to be no clean sweep as has been known on more than one occasion.
Four titles finished in Japanese hands. Yuta Ilmura and Yuhi Sakai emerged the junior boys’ doubles winners, compatriots Kaho Akae and Misaki Suzuki secured junior girls’ doubles gold.
Additionally, in the cadet age group, Shunto Iwaida won the boys’ singles event after the combination of Sachi Aoki, Rin Mende and Mao Takamori had claimed the cadet girls’ doubles top prize.
Similarly, the top step of the podium was also reserved by India and Thailand; for the former, it was junior mixed doubles success in the guise ofc Payas Jain and Yashwini Ghorpade, for the latter, Phatsaraphon Wonglakhon claimed cadet girls’ singles gold.
Notably for Phatsaraphon Wonglakhon, it was her second international title of the year; in June she won the cadet girls’ singles at the South East Asia Junior Championships in Bangkok.
Khalil Al-Mohannadi, ITTF Executive Vice President and Asian Table Tennis Union President, commented, “The event was well organized and met each of the ATTU’s standards. I’m very proud of the level we achieved at the 2022 Asian Junior & Cadet championships. We aim to support table tennis development in Laos and support them in hosting future international and continental events.”
During his time in Ventiane, Mr. Al-Mohannadi met with Mr. Kikeo Khaikhamphithoun, Deputy Prime Minister of Laos, to consider ways to support the development of the sport in Laos.
Asian Junior & Cadet Championships
Vientiane, Lao / Tue 30th Aug – Mon 5th Sep
Junior Boys’ Team
SF: China (Chen Yuanyu, Han Xinyuan, Liang Guodong, Zeng Beixun) 3-0 Korea Republic (Lim Yunoh, Lee Hoyun, Oh Junsung, Park Changgeon)
SF: Japan (Yuta Ilmura, Rikuto Maede, Yuhi Sakai, Kotaro Takahashi) 3-2 India (Ankur Bhattacharjee, Payas Jain, Yashansh Malik, Deepil Patil)
F: China (Chen Yuanyu, Han Xinyuan, Liang Guodong, Zeng Beixun) 3-0 Japan (Yuta Ilmura, Rikuto Maede, Yuhi Sakai, Kotaro Takahashi)
Junior Girls’ Team
SF: China (Chen Yi, Han Feier, Qin Yuxuan, Zong German) 3-0 Korea Republic (Lee Daeun, Kim Seongjin, Kim Yejin, Lee Yeonhui)
SF: Chinese Taipei (Huang Ching-Chia, Huang Yu-Jie, Tsai Yun-En, Wang Hsiao-Hsin) 3-2 Japan (Kaho Akae, Yura Shinohara, Misaki Suzuki, Fuwa Yumoto)
F: China (Chen Yi, Han Feier, Qin Yuxuan, Zong Geman) 3-1 Chinese Taipei (Huang Ching-Chia, Huang Yu-Jie, Tsai Yun-En, Wang Hsiao-Hsin)
Cadet Boys’ Team
SF: China (Huang Xunan, Huang Youhao, Kang Youde) 3-1 Iran (Benyamin Faraji, Mohammad Habibi, Samran Karimi)
SF: Chinese Taipei (Hung Jing-Kai, Kuo Guan-Hong, Su Chen-Hsiang) 3-1 Japan (Shunto Iwaida, Ryuusei Kawakami, Takumi Tanimoto)
F: China (Huang Xunan, Huang Youhao, Kang Youde) 3-0 Chinese Taipei (Hung Jing-Kai, Kuo Guan-Hong, Su Chen-Hsiang)
Cadet Girls’ Team
SF: Chinese Taipei (Lin Hsin-Tung, Tsai You-Jen, Wu Jia-En) 3-1 China (Huang Xunan, Huang Youhao, Kang Youde)
SF: Japan (Sachi Aoki, Rin Mende, Mao Takamori) 3-2 Korea Republic (Choi Yeseo, Lee Seungeun, Yoo Yerin)
F: Japan (Sachi Aoki, Rin Mende, Mao Takamori) 3-0 Chinese Taipei (Lin Hsin-Tung, Tsai You-Jen, Wu Jia-En)
Junior Boys’ Singles
SF: Kao Cheng-Jui (TPE) v Liang Guodong (CHN) -3,-9,17,1,5,4
SF: Chen Yuanyu (CHN) v Han Xinyuan (CHN) 9,-10,8,-5,9,10
F: Chen Yuanyu (CHN) v Kao Cheng-Jui (TPE) 10,9,7,8
Junior Girls’ Singles
SF: Chen Yi (CHN) v Yashwini Ghorpade (IND) 11,9,4,3
SF: Qin Yuxuan (CHN) v Han Feier (CHN) 6,8,-4,9,-5,-7,9
F: Qin Yuxuan (CHN) v Chen Yi (CHN) 11,9,4,3
Junior Boys’ Doubles
SF: Yuta Ilmura/Yuhi Sakai (JPN) v Payas Jain/Yashansh Malik (IND) 8,7,-12,6
SF: Zeng Beixun/Liang Guodong (CHN) v Chen Yuanyu/Han Xinyuan (CHN) 9,-14,7,-9,7
F: Yuta Ilmura/Yuhi Sakai (JPN) v Zeng Beixun/Liang Guodong (CHN) -3,7,-11,7,10
Junior Girls’ Doubles
SF: Huang Ching-Chia/Wang Hsiao-Hsin (TPE) v Zong Geman/Han Feier (CHN) 9,-3,9,11
SF: Kaho Akae/Misaki Suzuki (JPN) v Chen Yi/Qin Yuxuan (CHN) 9,-5,9,7
F: Kaho Akae/Misaki Suzuki (JPN) v Huang Ching-Chia/Wang Hsiao-Hsin (TPE) 13,9,10
Junior Mixed Doubles
SF: Payas Jain/Yashwini Ghorpade (IND) v Baldwin Ho Wah Chan/Wong Hoi Tung (HKG) -10,8,6,-4,9
SF: Han Xinyuan/Qin Yuxuan (CHN) v Oh Junsung/Kim Seongjin (KOR) 6,7,3
F: Payas Jain/Yashwini Ghorpade (IND) v Han Xinyuan/Qin Yuxuan (CHN) 9,1,-10,8
Cadet Boys’ Singles
SF: Takumi Tanimoto (JPN) v Alan Kurmangaliyev (KAZ) 11,9,5,3
SF: Shunto Iwaida (JPN) v Kang Youde (CHN) -7,5,-8,3,8,-12,8
F: Shunto Iwaida (JPN) v Takumi Tanimoto (JPN) -8,5,-9,9,3,-7,3
Cadet Girls’ Singles
SF: Phatsaraphon Wonglakhon (THA) v Sachi Aoki (JPN) 8,3,12,-10,6
SF: Rin Mende (JPN) v Lee Seungeun (KOR) 3,9,5,11
F: Phatsaraphon Wonglakhon (THA) v Rin Mende (JPN) 7,6,7,10
