Cheered on by a crowd of around 100, Isabelle Li and Clarence Chew won their respective quarter-final singles matches to beat India 2-0, and launch Singapore on to the semi-finals of the Asian Youth Games Table Tennis Mixed Team Competition.
Singapore have topped Group D, and progressed into the second round along with China, North Korea, Chinese Taipei, Japan, South Korea, India and Hong Kong.
Despite dropping their first set against Hong Kong, Singapore's paddlers have topped their group, after overcoming Hong Kong and Kuwait in the second day of the Mixed Team Competition.
A H1N1 scare in the morning did not distract Singapore's table tennis Asian Youth Games (AYG) players, who kept their composure and chalked up back-to-back victories over Philippines and Nepal in the evening.
After a H1N1 scare in the morning, Singapore's table-tennis mixed team have started their Asian Youth Games campaign on a good note, winning their opening 2 matches against Philippines and Nepal 3-0.
Play for Singapore's Table Tennis team has been postponed as Tay Jit Kiat and Clarence Chew were promptly ushered out of the competition venue leading to suspicion of possible H1N1 contact.
Clarence Chew, Tay Jit Kiat, Isabelle Li and Chau Hai Qing will represent Singapore in table tennis at the upcoming Asian Youth Games. The team has been training hard, going overseas for more competition exposure in the build up to the Asian Youth Games (AYG).
Liu Guodong, a product of the Chinese system, did not blink in sacrificing the men's team for the women's team to achieve the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. STTA president Lee Bee Wah disagreed with his treatment of the men's team. Did Liu leave in the end because it was a clash of cultures or personalities?