An incredible effort saw the England Mens team reach the final of the commonwealth games 2010 this week!
There match up was against Singapore the number 1 seeds, with a vast range of experienced players. England lost out 3-1, however a fine performance from Liam Pitchford made him beat world ranked 17 Gao Ning to give England the 1-0 lead.
However Gao Ning team of Ma Liang and Yang Zi won the next to games against Paul Drinkhall and Andrew Baggerly to give Singapore a 2-1 lead.
Determined Gao Ning went on to play Paul Drinkhall to redeem himself to eventually winning 3-1.
The performance from England was very promising for the future, and the singles and doubles commence next week!
Good luck!
Watch the rally of the match between Paul and Gao Ning in the link below!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GilCwkTiDPE
Paul Drinkhall comments on the game taken from http://www.morethanthegames.co.uk/d...-drinkhall-disappointment-england-slip-silver
"At the moment it feels like a defeat," said Drinkhall, the 20-year-old from Middlesbrough who was gutted to go home empty handed from his Games debut four years ago.
"It's a bit of a disappointing feeling now but I'm sure I will wake up tomorrow and realise I've won a silver medal.
"Singapore played really well. We're a little disappointed because there were opportunities for us but silver is still a fairly good return."
There match up was against Singapore the number 1 seeds, with a vast range of experienced players. England lost out 3-1, however a fine performance from Liam Pitchford made him beat world ranked 17 Gao Ning to give England the 1-0 lead.
However Gao Ning team of Ma Liang and Yang Zi won the next to games against Paul Drinkhall and Andrew Baggerly to give Singapore a 2-1 lead.
Determined Gao Ning went on to play Paul Drinkhall to redeem himself to eventually winning 3-1.
The performance from England was very promising for the future, and the singles and doubles commence next week!
Good luck!
Watch the rally of the match between Paul and Gao Ning in the link below!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GilCwkTiDPE
Paul Drinkhall comments on the game taken from http://www.morethanthegames.co.uk/d...-drinkhall-disappointment-england-slip-silver
"At the moment it feels like a defeat," said Drinkhall, the 20-year-old from Middlesbrough who was gutted to go home empty handed from his Games debut four years ago.
"It's a bit of a disappointing feeling now but I'm sure I will wake up tomorrow and realise I've won a silver medal.
"Singapore played really well. We're a little disappointed because there were opportunities for us but silver is still a fairly good return."
