SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Feng Tianwei beat compatriot Zeng Jian to take home the gold medal on Sunday (Aug 7) in the table tennis women’s singles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
World number 16 Feng Tianwei came back from three sets down to beat Feng 4-3 in the all-Singapore final.
Zeng started the match stronger, taking the first set 11-6. She then raced to a lead in the second set before claiming it 11-5.
In the third set, Feng put up a valiant fight, but Zeng proved too strong and won it 11-8.
With her back against the wall, Feng started the fourth set strongly and claimed it 11-4, before taking the fifth set 11-6 and sixth set 11-8.
In a tense deciding set, the pair were closely matched, before Feng prevailed 11-5.
Singapore was assured of a second gold medal at the Commonwealth Games after both Feng and Zeng won their respective semi-final matches on Saturday.
Feng beat India’s Sreeja Akula 4-3 (11-6, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10) and Zeng defeated Australia’s Liu Yangzi 4-2 (7-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9).
This is Singapore’s second gold medal at the 2022 Games, after the women’s table tennis team beat Malaysia 3-0 to win the country’s first gold medal earlier this week.
Singapore has won seven medals so far at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, with two golds, four silvers and a bronze.
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