Day 2 Match 14 Report – Bernadette SZOCS vs. DING Ning
Match 14: Bernadette Szocs (ROU) 1 - 4 DING Ning (CHN) (11-5, 4-11, 7-11, 2-11, 2-5*)
There is little doubt 2017 T2 APAC Champion Bernadette Szocs is the darling of the fans in Johor Bahru but beating Chinese great Ding Ning must be a daunting task. Nevertheless, Romanian sent ripples around the T2Cavern by taking the first game and catching out Ding who looked barely warmed up. Dropping the first set woke up the Chinese player who stepped up her play to dominate the match thereafter, handily winning the next three games. Szocs’ hopes for a way back via the FAST5 was quickly doused as Ding duly won the game to seal victory.
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