Singapore's Isabelle Li went down 0-4 (8-11, 5-11, 8-11, 9-11) to Gu Yuting of China in the gold medal match of the Youth Olympic Games table tennis competition. Isabelle had beaten Thailand's Suthasini Sawettabut this morning in the semi-final to set up a 6.30pm final date with Yuting this evening.
Isabelle Li won Singapore's second silver medal of the Youth Olympic Games when she was beaten in straight sets by China's Gu Yuting in the final of the women's table tennis singles competiton.
A ruthlessly-efficient Isabelle Li put herself in contention for Singapore’s first gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games when she knocked out Thailand’s Suthasini Sawettabut in four straight sets (11-9, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9), in the women's singles semi-finals of the table-tennis competition.
She beat Thai Suthasini Sawettabut in straight sets, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9, and will play the winner of the second semi-final between Gu Yuting and Yang Ha Eun, the top two seeds.
A patient Isabelle Li outlasted Romania's Bernadette Szocs 4-1 (11-8, 5-11, 11-5, 11-7) to advance into the semi-finals of the Youth Olympic Games table tennis competition.
Singapore's top female junior paddler Isabelle Li beat American Ariel Hsing three sets to one to stay alive in the women's table tennis singles competition.
Singapore paddler Isabelle Li faltered in straight sets against a technically superior Yang Ha Eun of South Korea in the second stage of the Youth Olympic's table tennis women's singles with a final scoreline of 8-11, 5-11, 5-11. Her counter part Clarence Chew fared better in the Men's Singles, overcoming his Swedish opponent Hampus Soderlund 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-8. Stuttering in the first set, Clarence managed to regroup tactically to negate the Swede in the next three sets to earn the victory.
Story by Noor Farhan/Red Sports. Photos by Tan Jon Han/Red [...]