Yu Mengyu

Yu Mengyu
Nationality  Singapore
Born (1989-08-18) August 18, 1989[1]
Playing style Right-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking 9 (March 2010)[2]
Current ranking 15 (December 2016)
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 12 in)[3]

Yu Mengyu (simplified Chinese: 于梦雨; traditional Chinese: 于夢雨; pinyin: Yú Mèngyǔ; born 18 August 1989) is a Singaporean table tennis player.[1] She was part of the team that won the 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow, Russia.

2016 Summer Olympics

Yu participated in ITTF Asian-Olympics Qualifier (South-East Asian region) at Hong Kong from 13-17 April 2016. She was the runner-up in SEA group, losing to her team-mate, Feng Tianwei. According to May 2016 ranking published by International Table Tennis Federation, she qualified for the singles event at Rio de Janeiro Olympics. This will be her Olympics debut. [4] She was seeded ninth in singles event and fourth in women's team event. She reached the singles Quarter-Final but lost 2-4 to Kim Song-i of North Korea.[5] Feng, Yu and Zhou reached the semi-final of the team event but lost to China 0-3. In the bronze medal match, the trio was defeated by Japan 1-3. [6]

Singles Event
Date Round Result Opponent Score Individual Sets
- 1st Bye
- 2nd Bye
7 August 3rd Win Australia Lay Jian Fang 4-0 11-9 11-9 11-6 12-10 - -
8 August 4th Win South Korea Jeon Ji Hee 4-1 12-10 8-11 12-10 11-7 11-2 -
9 August Quarter-Final Loss North Korea Kim Song-i 2-4 8-11 11-6 5-11 6-11 11-9 6-11
Team Event
Date Round Result Opponent Score
12 August Round of 16 Win  Egypt 3-0
13 August Quarter-Final Win  South Korea 3-2
15 August Semi-Final Loss  China 0-3
16 August Bronze Medal match Loss  Japan 1-3

Career records

Singles
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Team

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile on STTA website". Singapore Table Tennis Association. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  2. "ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  3. "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. Gao Ning and Yu Mengyu secure individual slots at Rio Olympics
  5. Olympics: S'pore's Feng and Yu eliminated in table tennis quarter-finals
  6. Singapore table tennis players failed to retain team bronze after loss to Japan.
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