The Egypt Junior and Cadet Open is a “Road to Nanjing” tournament, the first steps to gaining a place in the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games.

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06/19/2013

2013 Egypt Junior & Cadet Open – ITTF Premium Junior Circuit

Hong Kong very much set the tone in the first stage of the Junior Boys’ Team event at the Egypt Junior and Cadet Open in Ismailia on the opening day of play, Wednesday 19th June 2013.

The top seeded duo of Lam Siu Hang 林兆恒 and Li Hon Ming imposed their authority on proceedings by recording a three matches to nil victory over the Egypt ‘C’ Team formed by Ahmed Dabous and Amed Mabrouk, before handing out the same punishment to the India ‘A’ Team partnership of Utkarsh Gupta and Sabhya Virmani.

Equally their Hong Kong colleague, Kwan Man Ho enjoyed success; he lined up alongside Brazil’s Hugo Calderano (top seed in singles), the pair occupying the third seeded position in the event.

HK Junior Girls is seed 2nd behind powerful USA team led by Ariel Hsing & Lily Zhang (Seeded top 2 in singles also, but the next 3 single seeds are all from HKG) and HK is top team seed in Cadet Girls.

Play in the team events concludes on Thursday 20th June 2013.Hong Kong’s Lam Siu Hang was the player to cause the biggest upset on the opening day of play, Wednesday 27th February 2013, at the Italian Junior and Cadet Open in Lignano.

Not only did he cause the biggest upset, he caused the host nation the greatest grief.

The 16 year old beat Italy’s Leonardo Mutti in five games (10-12, 11-6, 12-10, 11-2, 11-9) to book his place in the quarter-finals against all odds.

Leonardo Mutti, the winner of the Cadet Boys’ Singles title at the European Youth Championships in Istanbul in 2010, was the no.2 seed in Lignano; conversely Lam Siu Hang was the no.9 seed.

Here is a clip of Lam Siu Hang in action.