World University Games: Doo Hoi-kem beats Japan and elbow knock for second table tennis medal, while tennis’ Coleman Wong and Cody Wong progress
- Despite being hampered by injury, Doo earns another bronze for Hong Kong in Chengdu alongside Ho Kwan-kit
- In tennis, Coleman Wong and Cody Wong through to mixed doubles quarter-finals
Doo Hoi-kem defied injury to add another medal for Hong Kong at the World University Games on Thursday, as she partnered with Ho Kwan-kit to take bronze in the table tennis mixed doubles.
The pair dominated Japan’s Kasumi Kimura and Jo Yokotani in the quarter-finals, before losing in straight games to Xue Fei and Wang Xiaotong of China in the semi-finals. With no third-place play-off, bronze was theirs.
Having had to retire from her women’s singles round-of-64 match after one game because of an elbow injury on Wednesday, the right-handed Doo had her right arm wrapped in a bandage when playing on Thursday morning.
After the mixed doubles semi-final, she and Ng Wing-lam played in the women’s doubles, losing 11-4, 12-10, 11-7 to Aoi Kurono and Akari Motoi of Japan in the last 16.
“It’s a similar injury to the one I had in Oman that also led to a withdrawal in February,” Doo, 26, said. “Back then the situation was still under control, but it looks like it’s an acute inflammation now.