Hong Kong, China’s para table tennis team were on Monday guaranteed at least seven medals at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya, with seven players advancing to the semi-finals of their respective events.

With no third-place play-off in the individual table tennis events, all seven are guaranteed at least a bronze medal.

In the women’s singles Class 11 event, Wong Ting-ting edged past Natsuki Wada of hosts Japan in a nail-biting five-game quarter-final.

Pushed to a decider at two-all, neither player managed to build more than a two-point cushion in the final game until Wong clinched the last two points to take it 12-10 and secure victory.

Lam Yan-yu also guaranteed herself a spot on the podium after defeating Gloria Wong from Malaysia 3-1 in the women’s singles class 10 quarter-finals.

Chiu Kan-shan and Wong Yue-ching won all of their group matches in the women’s singles Class 7, skipping the quarter-finals to head straight into the semi-finals.

Pang Wing-ka, meanwhile, finished second in her group in her women’s singles Class 6 event to clinch her semi-final ticket.

On the men’s side, Wong Chi-yin and Wong Hon-lam advanced to the semi-finals of the men’s singles Class 9 after defeating their respective opponents from Indonesia and Kazakhstan.

All seven players are set to compete in their respective semi-finals on Tuesday.


Edited by Edmond Fong