Chinese Taipei and Canada Book Final Places in Markham

October 4, 2012

Scotiabank 2012 Canada Junior & Cadet Open presented by Butterfly
Oct 02-06, 2012, Markham, CAN
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Courtesy of ITTF

The top two seeds in the Junior Boys' Team event at the Scotiabank Canadian Junior and Cadet Open, being staged in the city of Markham in the Greater Toronto area, duly progressed the final following semi-final successes on Wednesday October 3, 2012.

Chinese Taipei, with Lee Chia-Sheng and Liao Chen-Ting on duty, overcame the Argentina's Juan Daher and Pablo Saragovi to reserve their place in the final; while Canada 1, fielding Chen Hongtao and James Pintea defeated colleagues Vincent Rousseau-Emond of Canada 2.

Success for North America and that was also the case in the Cadet Boys' Team event.

The United States duo of Kunal Chodri and Theodore Tran reserved their place in the semi-finals as did the Canada 1 Team pairing of Moxi Guo and Jeremy Hazin.

Lee Chia-Sheng in Form
Lee Chia-Sheng was very much the man in form for Chinese Taipei.

He accounted for Juan Daher (11-5, 11-7, 11-7) and Pablo Saragovi (11-6, 11-3, 11-3); while teaming with Liao Cheng-Ting to secure the doubles against Juan Daher and Pablo Saragovi (8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8).

A three-one victory margin was the end result with Pablo Saragovi recording the one win for Argentina; he beat Lia Chen-Ting in the opening match of the fixture (12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6).

Even More Impressive
An impressive victory for Chinese Taipei; it was even more impressive for Canada 1.

Chen Hongtao and James Pintea posted a three-nil win over Vincent Rousseau-Edmond and Max Xia; Chen Hongtao beat Max Xia (12-10, 11-7, 11-9), James Pintea overcame Vincent Rousseau-Emond (11-2, 11-1, 11-6) with the doubles concluding matters as Chen Hongtao and James Pintea combined to secure a four games win over Vincent Rousseau-Emond and Max Xia (5-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6).

Similar Situation
Similarly in the Cadet Boys' Team event, the margins of victories posted on the second day of play were impressive.

The United States beat Trinidad and Tobago by three matches to one with Kunal Chodri, the backbone of the victory.

Success for Kunal Chodri
He accounted for Arun Roopnarine (11-6, 12-10, 11-9) and Aaron Wilson (14-12, 11-9, 10-12, 9-11, 11-6), while teaming with Theodore Tran to secure the doubles against Arun Roopnarine and Aaron Wilson (12-10, 11-9, 12-10).

The one success for Trinidad and Tobago came from Aaron Wilson; in the opening match of the fixture, he defeated Theodore Tran (9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9).

Canadians in Fast Lane
A place in the final booked in an impressive manner; it was the same for Canada 1 who accounted for ITTF-North America by three matches to nil.

Moxi Guo beat Filip Ilijevski (11-4, 11-8, 11-8) and Jeremy Hazin overcame Alexander Moran (11-7, 11-5, 11-5) with the partnership of Moxi Guo and Jeremy Hazin bringing matters to a conclusion.

They overcame Filip Ilijevski and Alexander Moran in a close five games duel (11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9).

Semi-Finals
At the semi-final stage the United States meets Hong Kong (Hung Ka Tak, Chu Hoi Mn); while Canada I confronts Korea (Oh Juhyeong, Oh Jeongwon, Lee Jeongmin).

Both Hong Kong and Korea, being group winners, received a direct entry to the semi-finals.