Round 12 of Chinese Super League
Saturday, March 24th, 2012 9:09:57 by Ahmed BabarRound 12 of Chinese Super League
The Chinese Super League has been through its 12th round and is becoming interesting round by round. The big surprise was match amongst Ma Long and Zhang Jike as it was the most awaited match of the round. Team Bayi lost against Bazhou because of Wang Hao’s poor performance and in the most recent match of the Super League Jinzhou won against Sichuan.
Ma Long defeated Joo Se Hyuk in the first match between Ningbo and Shandong and claimed their first victory. Shandong team’s first victory came when Zhang Jike won against Wang Jianjun as Shandong was placed with one win and one loss.
The fourth match was amongst the world champion Zhang Jike and Ma Long as Zhang Jike posted the victory for his team and overcame Ma Long in the close match that went on to the fifth round.
Wang Hao started the game brilliantly against Cui Qinglei as he won the first set. He lost the second set and came back strongly in the third; Cui Qinglei equalled the game by winning the fourth set. Wang Hao lost the final set by 9-11 as Bayi lost against Bazhou. Yan An won against Xu Xin in the second match as he finished the game in the fourth set and posted the win for Bayi. Yan An paired with Zhou Yu as they won another game for their team.
Wang Hao’s second chance was against Xu Xin of Bazhou and he failed yet again. Bazhou’s Li Ping defeated Zhou Yu of Bayi to achieve the victory against the dominant Bayi.
Team Sichuan’s first match was amongst Wang Liqin and Zhang Yu and Wang Liqin posted the first points for his team. Qiu Yike represented Sichaun in the second match against Shang Kun; he despite being a less experienced player defeated Qiu Yike.
Zhang Yu and Xu Ruifeng helped Sichuan post their first points on the board as they defeated Zhai Yiming and Shang Kun.
German star player Timo Boll scored the first points for his team Zhejiang as he defeated Chen Qi for the second time after world championships. Ma Lin scored the second point for Zhejiang after winning over Lei Zhenhua.
Hao Shuai and Xu Hui had to beat Lin Chen and Jin Yixiong as Zhejiang won in the final set after a close encounter (11-6, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9 and 11-6).
Shandong after the win is placed in the first position and will play Zheijang while Bazhou will face Jinzhou in the next round. Jiangsu will have to prove themselves against Sichaun and try to post their first ever win in the Chinese Super League.
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