U-21 Semifinals At The Pro Tour Grand Finals 2011 (Video)

Girls' U-21

Top seed Kasumi Ishikawa showed a great performance and swept with Taiwanese Cheng I-Ching and Ukranian Margaryta Pesotska by 4:0. However, the Japanese player struggled to beat Ng Wing Nam of Hong Kong in seven straight games.

Despite the defeat, Wing Nam progressed to semifinals because she scored two straight victories over Pesotska and I-Ching.

Corean Jeon Ji Hee stood victorious in her three matches and got the first place in the group 2. The Corean player defeated Lee Ho Ching by 4:2 and Japaneses Misaki Morizono and Saki Tashiro by 4:2 and 4:3, respectively.

Lee Ho Ching of Hong Kong secured the second place of the group after overcoming Tashiro by 4:0.

Semifinal matches

Kasumi Ishikawa v/s Lee Ho Ching

Ng Wing Ham v/s Jeon Ji Hee

Kasumi Ishikawa v/s Margaryta Pesotska
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Boys' U-21

Kim Min Seok led the group 1 by beating Taiwanese Hung Tzu-Hsiang and English Darius Knight by 41. In his final match, the Corean player defeated Singaporean Chen Feng in seven games. The second place was for Cheng Feng, who beat Hung by 4:3 and Knight by 4:1.

Lee Sang Su booked a place in semifinals after remained unbeaten in their three matches. Lee fought hard to overcome Chen Chien-An and Wong Chun Ting by 4:3. In his second encounter, he stood victorious over Czech Tomas Tregler by 4:1. Taiwanese Chen got the second place by beating Tregler by 4:0 and Wong by 4:2.

Semifinals matches

Kim Min Seok v/s Chen Chien-An

Chen Feng v/s Lee Sang Su

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