Boys and Girls Junior National Table Tennis Teams
Qualify for World Junior Championships

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA--  With 3-2 victories over Canada at the 2009 North American Championships on August 16, both the Boys and Girls Junior National Table Tennis teams have successfully qualified for the World Junior Championships to be held this December in Cartagena, Colombia.

Yahao Zhang (Highlands Ranch, Colorado), Timothy Wang (Houston, Texas) and Peter Li (Lauren, Md.) powered the Boys team past Canada coming back from a 2-0 deficit to win the match. For the Girls, Ariel Hsing (San Jose, Calif), Lily Zhang (Palo Alto, Calif) and Erica Wu (Arcadia, Calif.) were also victorious over Canada.

The USA Cadet Boys and Girls were also very successful in Montreal sweeping all of the titles at the competition.

Team match results:
US - Canada - World Junior Championships Qualification - Boys
US - Canada  3-2

Yahao Zhang - Pierre-Luc Thériault  1-3 (11-9, 12-10, 11-8, 13-11)
Timothy Wang - Andre Ho  0-3 (9-11, 7-11, 11-13)
Peter Li - Tony Liu  3-1 (12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 11-3)
Timothy Wang - Pierre-Luc Thériault 3-1 (8-11, 11-5, 14-12, 11-4)
Yahao Zhang - Andre Ho 3-0 (11-8, 14-12, 11-7)

US - Canada - World Junior Championships Qualification - Girls
US - Canada  3-2

Ariel Hsing - Li Quan Ly 3-1  (11-8, 11-6, 12-14, 11-6)
Lily Zhang - Carmen Lee 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-6)
Erica Wu - Shannon Zheng 2-3 (8-11, 3-11, 11-7, 16-14, 8-11)
Ariel Hsing - Carmen Lee 1-3 (9-11, 9-11, 11-2, 9-11)
Lily Zhang - Li Quan Ly 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 1-8)

Individual events finishing order:

Junior Boy's singles
1- Yahao Zhang-USA
2- Pierre-Luc Theriault- CAN
3-4- Peter Li- USA
3-4- Yiang Jiang-CAN

Junior Girls' Singles
1- Ariel Hsing- USA
2-Lily Zhang- USA
3-4- Natalie Sun- USA
3-4- Sylvan Guo- USA

For more information contact Rob Weekes, Communications Director, USA Table Tennis 719 866-3617, ext. 7617