..:: 584. The One With So Close ::..

gosh. feng tianwei was so close. she really stretched the no.1 zhang yining in 4-2 (13:11 12:14 14:12 12:10 13:11). i hope the media would give her some encouragement. She didnt lose any set with a single digit point. I really admire her fighting spirit and tenacity. hope someone can do a wallpaper of her and i can download and put on my phone lol.

li jiawei is damn lucky to first scrape through to the semi-finals, having the USA player eliminating her rival Kim from Korea who took bronze at Athens. Secondly, Li managed to win the USA player 4-1. Now she faces Zhang Yining which will be tough to win. Li has never won Zhang in all her encounters. As such, Feng is the only Singaporean player who has beaten Zhang and in the history of table tennis, she will be remembered for breaking the unbeaten record of Zhang. So how Li fares against Zhang will be measured with Feng. Hope she can upset Zhang and secure another medal for Singapore.

Wang Nan (5th) VS Guo Yue (2nd)
If Li ever has to play against them, i am unsure who will be the easier opponent. Li has beaten both of them before but Wang Nan though seeded 5th has more experience.

There was another controversy of lack of coach support for the men single event. Poor Gao Ning had to play without the coach's supervision and went down 0-4 to croatia while Yang Zi defeated 7th seeded Chinese Taipei player. I can imagine after waiting for 4 yrs having to play an impt match without your coach and lose the match.... how depressing...

i think its due time we should recognize the men table tennis players as well.