Singapore's medal hopes at the Asian Youth Games (AYG) table tennis singles competition have been completely snuffed out as all the Republic's singles players were shown the exit.
Singapore paddlers Isabelle Li, Clarence Chew and Tay Jit Kiat have progressed to the singles’ round of 16, while Chau Hai Qing fell prey to China’s top world junior.
The intensity of the Table Tennis competition was clearly on the rise as fatigue took its toll on the young athletes allowing upsets to litter all across the stadium.
The two socialist republic nations of East Asia, China and DPR Korea, faced-off in the Asian Youth Games (AYG) Table Tennis mixed team final. Powerhouse China lived up to their domination of the sport to scoop the gold after two matches.
Despite having home ground advantage, Singapore's mixed doubles duo Isabelle Li and Clarence Chew suffered a defeat this morning in the Asian Youth Games (AYG) Table Tennis Mixed Doubles quarter-finals.
Hosts Singapore have to settle for joint-bronze with Chinese Taipei in the Asian Youth Games (AYG) Table Tennis Mixed Team competition after losing to China 0-2 in the semi-finals. China will take on DPR Korea in the final.
The Chinese paddlers filled up the huge shoes of their seniors on the juniors' stage as they defeated hosts Singapore 2-0 in the Table Tennis Mixed Team semi-finals to march into the final.
Singapore’s top mixed doubles pair of Isabelle Li and Clarence Chew stormed into the quarter-finals of the Asian Youth Games table tennis mixed doubles competition after defeating the pairs from Mongolia and Korea in the first 2 rounds.