The Hunt for Medals is on

Day 8 saw huge success from our table tennis athletes. Three able-bodied semi-finals have been secured and three Para medals will be on their way back to Australia.

In a huge day of competition our athletes showed their level of class and determination once again.

Qian Yang and Li Na Lei will meet each other in and all Aussie Women's Para Gold Medal match and Ma Lin will meet Josh Stacey of Wales in his Men's Para Gold Medal match.

Alois Rosario National Head Coach (Para) said he is pleased with the team’s effort and is looking forward to bringing home 3 medals.

“An all-Australian final between Li Na Lei and Qian Yang guarantees gold and silver. Ma Lin is also in the final and we hope that he'll bring home gold too,” he said.

Our able-bodied athletes move onto semi-finals in three events with Yangzi Liu progressing in Women’s Singles, Min Hyung Jee and Nicholas Lum progressing in Mixed Doubles and Nicholas and Finn Luu in Men’s Doubles.

National Head Coach (Able-Bodied) John Murphy said the team had another very strong day and is looking forward to being on the medal hunt.

“Winning our way through to three semi finals and still being in the hunt in a fourth event is pleasing.

“We've given ourselves good opportunities to add to our medal tally and we're looking forward to putting our best foot forward tomorrow.”

The Women’s Doubles continue tomorrow and see our two pairs chase down the semi-finals in that event.

Day 9 matches:
Women’s Doubles:
AUS Yangzi Liu / Tracy Feng v GUY 6:30pm AEST
AUS Min Hyung Jee / Jian Fang Lay v ENG 6:30pm AEST

Women’s Singles:
AUS Yangzi Liu v Jian Zeng SGP 8:40pm AEST

Men’s Doubles:
AUS Nicholas Lum / Finn Luu v IND 9:25pm AEST

Mixed Doubles:
AUS Nicholas Lum / Min Hyung Jee v IND 10:30pm AEST

Para Gold Medal Match
AUS Qian Yang v Li Na Lei AUS 2.30am AEST

Watch live here.

Day 8 results:
Mixed Doubles:
AUS Finn Luu / Yangzi Liu v NGR 3-0
AUS Nicholas Lum / Min Hyung Jee v GHA 3-0 
AUS Finn Luu / Yangzi Liu v SGP 0-3
AUS Nicholas Lum / Min Hyung Jee v ENG 3-0

Para Singles Semi-Finals:
AUS Ma Lin v Tajudeen Agunbiade NGR 3-0
AUS Qian Yang v Felicity Pickard ENG 3-0
AUS Li Na Lei v Faith Obazuaye NGR 3-0

Women’s Singles: 
AUS Jian Fang Lay v Offiong Edem NGR 4-1
AUS Yangzi Liu v Tin-Tin Ho ENG 4-0
AUS Min Hyung Jee v Manika Batra IND 0-4 
AUS Jian Fang Lay v Tianwei Feng SGP 0-4
AUS Yangzi Liu v Anna Hursey WAL 4-1

Men’s Doubles:
AUS Dillon Chambers / Chris Yan v IND 1-3
AUS Nicholas Lum / Finn Luu v CAN 3-1
AUS Nicholas Lum / Finn Luu v NGR 3-2 

Women’s Doubles:
AUS Yangzi Liu / Tracy Feng v SVG 3-0
AUS Minhyung Jee / Jian Fang Lay v MAS 3-2

Men’s Singles:
AUS Dillon Chambers v Zhe Yu Clarrence Chew SGP 3-4
AUS Finn Luu v Sharath Achanta IND 0-4
AUS Nicholas Lum v Javen Choong MAS 4-0
AUS Nicholas Lum v Sathiyan Gnanasekaran IND 2-4

For more detailed results click here.