Nhan Dan Newspaper National Table Tennis Championships - PetroVietnam Cup 2015

Women’s team champions and runners-up disqualified

The Public Security Ministry and Army teams - 2014 overall winners and runners-up of the women’s team event - were surprisingly knocked out of the 33rd Nhan Dan Newspaper National Table Tennis Championships - PetroVietnam Cup 2015 as a result of their quarterfinal defeats to Ho Chi Minh City Petrosetco and Hai Duong on September 9.

Pham Da Thao (left) wins the decisive game against Vinh Long 1 to lift Hanoi to the women’s team semifinals.
Pham Da Thao (left) wins the decisive game against Vinh Long 1 to lift Hanoi to the women’s team semifinals.

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Mai Hoang My Trang demonstrated her power as reigning women’s singles champion, contributing two wins in HCM City Petrosetco’s 3-2 victory and making Petrosetco the only team in last year’s top four to advance.

Hai Duong overcame the Army team with a score of 3-1, while Hanoi edged out Vinh Long 1 3-2, thanks to 2015 SEA Games bronze medalist Nguyen Thi Nga, setting up a semifinal clash with HCM City.

On the men’s side, reigning men’s singles champion Doan Kien Quoc failed to put Khanh Hoa through as his team lost the quarterfinal match to Hai Duong 0-3. Hai Duong’s next challengers will be the the Public Security Ministry team.

Hanoi T&T 1 and the Army team recorded 3-0 victories against HCM City and Hanoi T&T 2 on Wednesday and will face off in the semifinals.

The team event will conclude today with final matches scheduled for tonight.