Things looking up for junior squads

Selangor cadet table tennis player Kuan E Xian,15, won gold in the doubles event last year and picked up a bronze for the team event, has the advantage of experience and being fitter than most girls her age.

NATIONAL table tennis coach Beh Lee Wei fancies our teenage paddlers to put up a good fight at the upcoming Southeast Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Cham-pionships in Singapore next week.

With a spot to the 2017 Asian Junior Table Tennis Champion-ship in Ansan, South Korea, reserved for the top two Junior teams, she is confident that they can step up to the plate and make the cut.