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    Singapore’s paddlers no match for China’s in Asian finals

    China proved too strong for Singapore as they beat the local women’s team 3-1 to win the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Macau on Saturday, reported the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU).

    Even without the services of world No. 1 Ding Ning, China had little trouble seeing off the challenge of the Singapore paddlers.

    World third seed Guo Yan got the ball rolling for China with an opening 11-8, 12-10, 11-7 win over Singapore's Feng Tian Wei before Guo Yue stretched China’s lead with victory over Li Jiawei (11-4, 6-11, 11-4, 13-11).

    But 22-year-old Yu Mengyu gave Singapore a glimpse of hope when she notched an unlikely 3-2 win over world No. 2 Liu Shiwen.

    That proved to be the Republic’s only bright spot of the day as Guo Yue sealed the Asian team title for China with a 3-1 win over world fifth seed Feng Tianwei.

    Despite the defeat, Singapore Table Tennis Association president Lee Bee Wah remains proud of her team’s efforts and singled out world no.35 Yu for special praise.

    “To beat China the second time is near impossible. What we asked for is for the team to give their best which they did,” she said on her Facebook wall.

    “I am particularly impressed by Yu Mengyue who came from two games down to defeat Liu Shiwen. I just hope that the team continue to work hard and give their best in the coming world championship and Olympics,” she added.

     
     
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    106 comments

    • Genius  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      Brunei is a very rich country, yet they do no't give out PR / citizanship to foreigners to win medal for them. Though they do not win medal often, but I salute them.
      • SNE 2 months ago
        The brunei citizens are very satisfy with what they have now, but in the long run they will get into trouble just depending on the oil which will run out. If they do not progress further, they may be absorbed by Msia.
      • Alh 2 months ago
        @SNE
        how is winning medals associated with that?
    • Sports Fan  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      Hong Kong sent 3 local borned players to play in this important international competition. Although they only got 5th position, they were massed for interviews and treated as local heroines by the local media. Thier heads held high and they departed the the arena in the East Asia Games Dome as champions, true champions.
      WHY CANT SINGAPORE DO THE SAME !
      • Tan 2 months ago
        because our garmen think short cut. take in chinese ft to beat china - wake up.
        the truth is they cannot see clearly so try using ft to win in sports
      • Timothy 2 months ago
        Bcos our govt only want us to study hard and earn good grades only
      • E 2 months ago
        malaysian born with malaysian brain are lazy to do anything except take short cut!
    • jack  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      The headlines should actually read:
      CHINA PLAYERS (singapore??) BEATEN BY CHINA PLAYERS !!
      • E 2 months ago
        better read CHINA BEAT THOSE BETRAYERS
    • GEN Y VOTE POWER  •  2 months ago
      Singapore Table Tennis Association should request PAP to buy over world no. 1. Ding Ning....
      world no. 2. Guo Yan and world no. 3. Liu Shiwen to win the World Champion.
      Give them PR..free housing...and money insentives.
      By the way..........Yu Mengyu is she a PRC too?
      Bloody hell PAP...NO SUBSTANCE ..!
      • Choo 2 months ago
        Agreed. This is 1st world goverment. What a shame....!
      • Tan M T 2 months ago
        Yeah....no shame !
      • MOTHER OF ALL DEVIL 2 months ago
        "Maybe people value my football abilities more across the Causeway than in my own Singapore." Fandi Ahmad, former Lions star, who is joining the Johor FA team as adviser but holds out hope for a national job.

        "We seem to be relying exclusively on foreign-born talent to rake in the medals while the local potential serve as sparring partners and ball pickers." - Patrick Tan

        "These people are opportunists. They have the notion that Singapore needs them more than they need Singapore." -Jeffrey Law Lee Beng
    • AH BENG  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      REMAIN PROUD OF THE TEAM EFFORT AND SINGLE OUT WORLD NO 35 YU FOR SPECIAL PRAISE. YOU ONLY KNOW HOW TO TALK COCK SING SONG. SINGAPORE TEAM(ALL CHINA PLAYERS) WILL NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE OF WINNING AGAIN. AUNTY LEE BEE WAH YOU CAN STEP DOWN AS PRSIDENT OF SINGAPORE TABLE TENNIS.
      • E 2 months ago
        this LBW was from third world country malaysia...hope to get cheap quick fame by using public funds to buy these greedy PRC China players...
      • Chinaman 2 months ago
        Aunty Ah Lain ..step down?Die Die will stay on.... where to find Millions $$$ pay check just talk cock sing sing..tavel here and there...Hoped come 2016 this Ah Lain will go makan "Sai"..
    • John  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      Chinapore lost to PRC, wtf ? So much fuss but bought 2nd hand goods,Made in China some more!
    • Dante  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      Government spends millions and millions to attract these so-called 'foreign talents', and places special emphasis on the sports as it 'links' and 'bridges' China and Singapore.

      And so this idiot Lee die-die must squeeze into this association and associates herself with it, so that every now and then she will step up and make comments and give 'encouragements', showing that she has been giving a lot of support to this sport which our government likes.
    • Sunset Singapore  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      Come to think about it, all these S-League, and FT sport are all about enlarging the buracrate, making the govt bigger, more civil servants and enlarge the pro-PAP voter pool. It make no sense to have a table tennis team consist of almost 100% PRC immigrants, it really show how shallow our govt is. I know some western country also import sportmen and women into their national team, but mostly take in good coaches, and some time just one good player from China (good eg. is Germany badminton team). But not like Singapore, take in like a vacuum cleaner. Is very sad to see our country doing this again and again. Please stop doing this and save us some pride.
    • John  •  2 months ago
      China didn't beat Singapore. Singapore didn't participle at all.
    • mutucurry  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      Those words from Lee BW that it is impossible to beat China for the second tine, is more disappointing than the actual performances of the players. Going to the tournament with such a negative mind set as the Head of the Team, Lee was literally leading the Team their last walk down death row - to be hanged by the neck to die. She must resigned,
    • Ms Tan  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      what for waste time watching China versus China? Its not that Singapore don't have talents. Its just that the authorities here prefer shortcut method of importing talents. They do not have the patience nor they are willing to shower time / effort to groom S'poreans from young. Unless u show very very very very good potential, only then they will look at u. Otherwise, fat chance!
    • Rising  •  2 months ago
      China A team beat China B team. No surprise there. If China B team was good, they wouldnt be representing another country.
    • Sengguan  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      Win still lose cos they are not local.if local talent lost,they still win cos China are the strongest in table tennis.
    • Tommyz  •  2 months ago
      Why not buy the worlds best football players and form national squad ? Don't waste our money, use and help the poor that have been made poorer by cost of living
    • RG  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      Lee Bee Wah says, to beat China for the 2nd time is near impossible. It's not appropriate for the president of the Table Tennis Association of Singapore to make such discouraging comments. How can they possibly beat China if their president don't think so. China women table tennis team are not invincible. If Singapore can beat them once, they sure can beat them again.
    • KO  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      China beat Local woman?LOL!! Those woman all from China la,which one of them was Local born? Why still waste our tax money for them?
    • Message Massage  •  2 months ago
      LBW! "What we asked for is for the team to give their best which they did" means absolutely shite! - did your best means did not win - means no medal - means kosong! - KNN bring back bo goo lan oso say did well! - PCB LBW might as well stay at home save money, go newton hawker center eat chilly crab better right? - CCB! LCB!
    • SGrean  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      Song bo!!! Aren't you happy, Singapore? Want buy buy those top notch, buy 2nd-tier "talent". HAHAHA
    • Foreigndick  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      Hey PAP, why dun you buy the whole team from "Real Madrid" maybe then we have some hope for Singapore Football team in the world cup. In China the top sportsman is paying much much better than what you offer...to their own true blood China sportsman and not the imported goods. That is what i call one country one nation and one Singapore.

      Singapore is no longer unique. Behind many other country's back, our garmen is a total failure in managing this Singapore in a moral sense. I once heard a foreigner laughing about our garmen saying that " hey it seems that Singapore garmen do not seems to like Singaporean very much" ...

      I used to feel proud being a Singaporean, now i felt been betrayed by this country's governing. The way they rule this country is 100% based on dollars and cents by immoral means. They painted a nice picture to the world that Singapore is a good place to stay., but over the years most foreigners understood that being a PR is definitely better than Citizen..so many of them do not choose to be citizen in Singapore.

      How can a rational person wants to be a citizen of Singapore when the gamen treat their own people like dirt.Allowing foreigner to call us " DOGS " using our taxpaper money to study here. This is totally unacceptable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is worst than drug smuggler, robbery, because this is a National Insult, it angers the Singaporean, it Hurts the Singaporean's pride and dignity. NUS is no longer a respectful University !

      What we achieved today was contributed by the pioneer of Singaporean...not FT...wake up you PAP "two timer" snake and traitor.....

      For China team we Singaporean are very happy seeing you beat the Singapore imported team......and of of course China traitor ungrateful people like Li Jiawei, Feng tian wei etc...this are the people that can be bought..all money face ! No sense of belonging ! No sense of patriotism.
    • IFC  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  2 months ago
      KA KI LAN VS KA KI LAN
      TIS THE WAY TAT OUR GOVERMENT LOVE TO SEE.
      BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES IN SG TRYING TO KILL THEIR FAMILIES.