China secures women's title at ITTF Pro Tour Finals
( 2003-12-13 10:40) (Xinhua)
China secured the women's
singles title of the ITTF Pro Tour Finals after making a clean sweep of the four
semi-final berths in Guangzhou on Friday.
Top seed Zhang Yining beat rising star Lin Ling of Hong Kong, China 11-5,
11-4, 13-11, 11-5, while Olympic champion Wang Nan powered past European number
one Tamara Boros of Croatia 11-8, 8-11, 6-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-9, to reach
the semi-finals.
In an all-Chinese affair, Guo Yan edged out Guo Yue 11-1, 9-11,11-8, 12-10,
11-6 to set up a semi-final showdown with fellow Chinese Niu Jianfeng, who
shocked sixth seed Tie Yana of Hong Kong, China, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5,
11-7.
|
