The preliminary match is held in Qing Dao from 22nd May 2009 to 27th May 2009. 22nd to 24th May - Team event 25th to 27th May - Individual event All the players are back to their own province team and have already arrived in Qing Dao this afternoon. The final round would be held in October 2009. This is the official website: http://www.11th-games.org.cn/
Pictures@22 May Here are some pictures of 22 May. Ma Jin is playing single And, CJ beat BCL in 3 sets, eventually team Jiangsu beat team Hubei 3-0 Jiangsu's mens team is always the strongest
Anyone who are interested in watching the preliminary round can stay tune on CCTV5. 23 May - 1330 24 May - 1430
First round (Team event) results Men's team A Group Jiangsu bt Hunan 3-0 Shanghai bt Sichuan 3-0 B Group Fujian bt Chongqing 3-0 Bayi bt Hubei 3-0 C Group Liaoning bt Jiangxi 3-0 Guangxi bt Shandong 1-3 D Group Guangdong bt Hong Kong 3-0 Beijing bt Zhejiang 3-2 Women's team A group Guangdong bt Jiangxi 3-0 Shandong bt Liaoning 3-2 B Group Bayi bt Chongqing 3-0 Sichuan bt Zhejiang 3-2 C Group Hunan bt Guangxi 3-0 Shanghai bt Fujian 3-1 D Group Jiangsu bt Hong Kong 3-0 Hubei bt Beijing 3-2
I only know for the HK girl team, Lu Lan beat Yip Pui Yin, Wang Shixian beat Mong Kwan Yi, and Sun Xiaoli/Tang Jinhua beat Tze Ying Suet/Koon Wai Chee. Lin Dan beat Chen Yuekun in 3 sets Chen Yuekun is able to force LD into rubber sets Gao Ling/Wei Yili beat Zhang Jinkang/Xie Jing also.
Wow! LD lost to Chen Long 0:2 Other notables: Chen Jin beat Bao CL. Ma Jin won her singles match but lost her doubles match. Wang YiHan also won her single match and lost her doubles match. Wang XiaoLi won both of her singles and doubles matches.
nope, they won. The 2:1 in post #8 means the other matches that Beijing and Hubei have won before Gao Ling & Wei Yili's match. So, in order for Hubei to win, they have to win 2 more matches including GL/WYL match. As you can see from the scoring board, GL/WYL were leading 16-9