Bayley and Twomey shine on WTT debuts in Singapore

Will Bayley was beaten finalist and Bly Twomey reached the semi-finals in the Para Showcase events which are being held as part of the Singapore Smash.

Teenager Twomey (pictured above at the event) defeated South Korea’s Yang Bok Soon in three games in her first group match, and followed it up with another win in three against Katarzyna Marszal of Poland.

Meanwhile, Bayley won all three of his group matches in three straight against opponents from Greece, France and Thailand.

That put them into their respective semi-finals, where Twomey’s run ended in five at the hands of world No 1 Kelly Van Zon of Netherlands.

World No 1 Bayley had more joy against an opponent of the same nationality as he overcame Jean-Paul Montanus (WR 3) in four games.

That put him into the final against world No 7 Chalermpong Punpoo of Thailand, who took an early lead and went on to win in four.

Results

Women’s Singles
Group 3
Bly Twomey bt Yang Bok Soon (KOR) 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-5)
Twomey bt Katarzyna Marszal (POL) 3-0 (11-5, 11-1, 11-6)

Semi-finals
Kelly Van Zon (NED) bt Twomey 3-2 (11-8, 5-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-2)

Men’s Singles
Group 1
Will Bayley bt Marios Kanellis Chatzikyriakos (GRE) 3-0 (12-10, 11-7, 11-5)
Bayley bt Stephane Messi (FRA) 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-6)
Bayley bt Rungroj Thainiyom (THA) 3-0 (11-1, 11-3, 11-8)

Semi-finals
Bayley bt Jean-Paul Montanus (NED) 3-1 (11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7)

Final
Chalermpong Punpoo (THA) bt Bayley 3-1 (11-6, 11-5, 5-11, 11-7)

Bayley and Twomey shine on WTT debuts in Singapore Table Tennis England.