Once again, an exciting match that the whole nation is keeping their eyes glued to!
Even the national day rally was postponed to tomorrow for everyone's focus on the Finals!

It was a match of 6, 7, 9 VS 1, 2, 5!
And it kicks start at 7.30pm sharp!

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First up was Feng Tianwei VS Wang Nan
1 VS 3

Tianwei won the first game and that's worth applauding for!
She has quick reflexes and it's certainly enjoyabe to watch her play!
She was ranked world no. 73 last year and this year she's already ranked world no. 9!
She even won Zhang Yi Ning (world no. 1) early this year in the Japan world cup match!
Though eventually lost to Wang Nan (world no.5) in the next 3 games, she is no doubt a rare gem to be even further polished!

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Oh not forgetting to mention, the commentator over at China geared up the China nationals to cheer for Singapore as well!

让我们为新加坡加油好不好?
"好!"
新加坡!
"加油!"
新加坡!"加油!"
新加坡!"加油!"

That's so... encouraging and sporting of them!

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Next up was what I had expected,
Li Jia Wei VS Zhang Yi Ning
1 VS 3

Li Jia Wei (world no. 6) has proven herself a competent opponent with her fast and aggressive attacks! Quite some fascinating shots here and there... it's such a pleasure to hear the "tik tik tiak tiak" sound from the hittings on the bat!
She won the the first game, and having the same fate as Tianwei, Jia Wei lost the next 3 games in the match too.
There's no doubt about the techniques of Zhang Yi Ning, she's fast in demonstrating her skills.
And an interesting thing was that Li Jia Wei and Zhang Yi Ning attended the same sports school when they were younger.

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The deciding match - doubles by,
Wang Yue Gu/Li Jia Wei VS Guo Yue/Zhang Yi Ning
0 VS 3

Pretty well performance as the world no. 7 & no. 6 are matched up against the world no. 2 & no. 1.

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And that settles it, after a 1hr 45minutes of match,
Singapore wins a Silver!

Both sides are happy because it's the first olympic win for Singapore since Singapore's independence!
As for China, table tennis had always been their forte, so it's a promise the China trio had made to bring back the Gold medal!

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Cheers to the Singapore girls!
You all have performed well and done us proud!
To see the Singapore flag fly in the Olympics is such an honour, and you all have made this dream of Singapore came true!

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