SINGAPORE: The Singapore women’s table tennis team plays Malaysia for the gold medal after beating Australia 3-0 in the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games on Sunday (31 July).
At the NEC in Birmingham, England, Zhou Jingyi and Zeng Jian helped Singapore get off to a solid start with a 3-1 win over Jee Minhyung and Lay Jian Fang in doubles, beating them 11-3, 13-11, 10-12 and 11-4.
World No. 16 Feng Tianwei then defeated Liu Yangzi 3-1 to extend Singapore’s lead. She won the first game 14-12 before Liu hit back in the second to level the score. However, Feng won games three and four – both 11-5 – sealing the win.
Zeng then broke away from opponents by defeating her Australian rival Lay 3-0 with scores of 11-5, 12-10 and 11-8.
The result again meets Singapore, who finished runners-up in the last Commonwealth GamesSt. Malaysia in today’s final. The Malaysians beat Wales 3-2 in the semifinals.
Also on Sunday, the Singapore men’s team defeated Canada 3-0 in the quarter-finals to advance to the last four where they meet England today.
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