[Academic Table Tennis Classic]Boys’ high school senior Li Qihao won three consecutive singles championships, and Yan Haoqing defeated his Hong Kong Youth Teammate to win the second place.

After completing the doubles match in the morning, the quarterfinals of the men’s and women’s singles in the primary and secondary school groups were immediately staged. Li Qihao, a first-year student in the boys’ selection process, passed all the tests and eliminated Ho Jiatao from Wah Yan College in Kowloon and Zhang Xuan’er from St. Francis of Assisi College to reach the finals; Chen Haobai from Fujian Middle School defeated Hu Langting from Hong Kong University Alumni Association College and Huang Jia from Taishan Chamber of Commerce Middle School. and.

Although Li Qihao only made his first appearance in the elite competition of the middle school group, he still showed no stage fright under multiple live broadcast cameras and won the first game.11：6.Li Qihao then gradually improved and won again11：7opened up, and took an even bigger lead in the third game.11：3Winner, defeating Chen Haobai in straight games to win the championship.

As soon as he was promoted to secondary school, he won the championship in the elite competition, and even achieved three consecutive championships in the primary school group. Li Qihao bluntly said that he exceeded his expectations: “I know that my opponents in secondary school must be stronger than those in primary school, and they must be older than me, so I have a mentality of fighting against my opponents.” “I didn’t expect to win the championship.” He especially thanked the coaches from the middle school and primary school for their guidance, and pointed out that the final was much different than expected: “I feel that the quality, strength and spin of the opponent’s boards in the middle school were better than those in the elementary school. The opponent in the final played a chipping style. I expected to play for a long time, but I didn’t expect to win.3：0“Li Qihao said that he hopes to continue playing waves and become a full-time player, but he will not consider it until next year at the earliest.

In the women’s singles, last year’s third runner-up Yim Ho-ching defeated Li Ziwei from Heep Yun Secondary School and Fang Ziqiao from the girls’ singles team today. In the final, she faced Wang Xiaolin who defeated Heep Yun Xinnuo and Zhang Huiyi from Fanling Ritchie School.

Two Hong Kong youth representatives met in the final, and the battle was as fierce as expected.Yan Haoqing won the first game11：8but then Wang Xiaolin won two games in a row11：9Go first. It is worth mentioning that there was an incident in the early part of the first game. Wang Xiaolin “swung her hands” when she took a forehand, and the racket accidentally flew behind the opponent’s coaching bench. Fortunately, no damage was caused.Yan Haoqing remained stable in desperate situations and won the fourth game11：5Then win easily in the decisive game11：4won the championship in the final year of the elite competition.

Will take the exam in half a yearDSEYan Haoqing was supported by a group of friends today. After winning, she also expressed special thanks to several friends who were also candidates: “Because the academic competition in the school is very competitive, everyone is very hard, but they still took the time to watch me compete. I am very grateful.” I also want to thank my family and coaches, especially my mother, because she has trained me for many years. Although I am not the most satisfied with this game, I still tried my best.” Even though she fell behind for a time, she said that she still stayed calm and played well. Every point.

In recent years, Yan Haoqing has started to represent Hong Kong youth in international competitions. She also participated in the East Asian Youth Games earlier. She believes that the experience of international competitions is very important and will not cause pressure: “Some people may feel that after playing in international competitions, they will be nervous when they play in school or local competitions. , because we can’t lose. But I think it’s the same in every game, with the same mentality.”

In the third place match, Huang Jiaer from Taishan Chamber of Commerce Middle School defeated Zhang Xuaner from St. Francis College in three straight games (11:9, 11:6, 11:4).Fang Ziqiao of the women’s varsity team faced Zhang Huiyi of the Fanling Ritzy Club and won the first game11：9.Although Zhang Huiyi experienced “difficulty” in the second game, she12：10The number of games was recovered, but Fang Ziqiao did not give his opponent a chance in the next two games, winning consecutively.11：6and11：5Won third place in women’s singles.

“2023-2024 Hong Kong Academic Elite Table Tennis Competition” singles results (only the top four)

Middle School Boys Singles
Champion: Li Qihao (Diocesan Boys’ School)
Runner-up: Chen Haobai (Fujian Middle School)
Second Runner-up: Huang Jiaer (Taishan Chamber of Commerce Middle School)
First Runner-up: Zhang Xuaner (St. Francis College)

Middle School Girls Singles
Champion: Yan Haoqing (Saint Paul’s Co-educational School)
Runner-up: Wang Xiaolin (Diocesan Girls’ School)
Second Runner-up: Fang Ziqiao (Diocesan Girls’ School)
Runner-up: Cheung Wai-yee (Fanling Rish College Secondary School)

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Pictures and text: Mai Jingzhi

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