Taiwan’s Chen Szu-yu storms into WTT semi-finalsStaff writer, with CNATaiwanese table tennis player Chen Szu-yu and her doubles partner Lee Ho Ching from Hong Kong on Friday stormed into the women’s doubles semi-finals at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender European Summer Series in Hungary. Chen and Lee charged into the semi-finals by defeating Taiwan’s Cheng Hsien-tzu and Liu Hsing-yin in straight games 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 in a quarter-final match that lasted 24 minutes and 30 seconds at Budapest’s BOK Hall. At the quarter-finals match, Chen and Lee took a 9-3 lead in the first game before pocketing the opener. In the final game, Chen and Lee never looked back as they closed out the match, sending themselves to the semi-finals to face one of the strongest pairings in women’s doubles. The WTT Star Contender European Summer Series ends tomorrow, and carries a cash prize of US$10,000 and US$3,500 for singles and doubles winners respectively.
