Taiwanese table tennis players Cheng I-ching and Li Yu-jhun on Sunday lost to a Japanese duo in the final of the women’s doubles at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender Goa in India.
Miwa Harimoto and Miyu Nagasaki of Japan routed the Taiwanese pairing 11-9, 11-7, 11-6 in a final that lasted 51 minutes at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium.
Cheng and Li got off to a shaky start, trailing 0-3, and they could not make a comeback against aggressive play by their opponents in the first game.
Photo: screen grab from the World Table Tennis Web site
Although the Taiwanese duo rallied in the second game to draw level, their opponents continued to push the pace to take a 2-0 lead.
Cheng and Li tried to recover, but the Japanese were too strong, and after a string of errors, the Taiwanese lost the match in straight games.
The Taiwanese duo have been partners on a regular basis since the second half of last year and they won the women’s doubles title at the WTT Contender Amman last month.
Their defeat in the doubles on Sunday came just hours after Cheng was trounced by China’s Wang Yidi in straight games in the women’s singles final.
Ranked 31st in the world, Cheng lost 11-6, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 to Wang in a match that lasted only 37 minutes.
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