Hong Kong stars Doo Hoi-kem, Wong Chun-ting advance to table tennis Asian Cup last 16
Also progressing from the group stage are fellow Hongkongers Su Tsz‑tung and Lam Siu‑hang
Table tennis star Doo Hoi‑kem has continued her recent fine form by leading the charge as Hong Kong’s players advanced to the last 16 of the 35th ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup in Haikou at the end of their group-stage matches on Friday.
Doo, who won the mixed doubles title with Wong Chun-ting in Qatar and reached the final of the women’s doubles a week later in Oman, beat Uzbekistan’s Kamalova Arujan 3-0 and Chinese Taipei’s Chien Tung‑chuan 3-1 to finish second in her group.
She had earlier lost to Chinese world No 3 Chen Xingtong, who won the group.
Fellow Hongkonger Su Tsz‑tung also needed to win her final match to go through and did so, beating Singapore’s Zeng Jian, who is ranked 44 places higher, in a tense clash.
Su, 16, won 12-10, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9 to reach the round of 16 behind China’s Kuai Man, to whom Su had lost 11-8, 11-5, 11-4 on the opening day.
On the men’s side, an in-form Wong Chun‑ting beat Chinese Taipei’s Liao Cheng‑ting 11-5, 6-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-8 on Friday night to book his last-16 spot.