After defeating No. 1 seed Zhang Shuai (WTA 146) in the quarterfinals of the women's singles at last week's C25 Gimcheon, Zhang Ling (WTA 432) was looking for a place in the final of a US$25,000 event for the first time when she was halted in the semis by China's Lu Jing-Jing (WTA 297) in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3.

Earlier on Wednesday at the 2008 Junior Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Qualifying in Bangkok, the HK trio of Katherine Ip, Lorraine Cheung, and Leung Lok Sze, was defeated by New Zealand 3-0 in the final round robin match of the group stage. They are scheduled to face No. 8 seeds Indonesia on Thursday with a berth in the 9th-12th Place Playoffs at stake. [Full Results]

Still winless after the round robins, the Hong Kong B16U trio of Kelvin Lam, Lui Shing Fung, and Chau Kwan Lam finally opened their account with a hard-fought, 2-1, victory over Pakistan at the Junior Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Qualifying to secure a place in the upper bracket of the positional playoffs.  HK next faces Indonesia in the run-in for the 9th-12th place consolations. [Full Results]

At the World Junior Tennis Asia/Oceania Qualifying event held at the East Lake Tennis Club in Shenzhen, the Hong Kong 14U contingent of Katherine Ip, Carmen Lai, and Lucy Tang finished in 12th spot overall after a narrow 2-1 defeat to Chinese Taipei in the positional playoff over the weekend. The trio earlier saw off Adelle Boey's Malaysian side, 3-0, to advance to the 9th – 12th Place Playoff. [Full Results]  [Gallery]

After a rain-soaked Saturday at the East Lake Tennis Club in Shenzhen, both Chinese Taipei and the sixth-seeded HK team of Kevin Wong, Kelvin Lam, and Vincent Yau were declared as joint 5th place getter at the WJT Asia/Oceania Qualifying when the final day's schedule was completely wiped out. China, Korea, Australia, and India are through to the WJT Finals later this summer in Prostejov. [Full Results]   [Gallery]

For the third straight season, the League's head coaches and sports information directors voted junior Martin Sayer (Radford) as the Big South Conference Player of the Year. In addition, the Hong Kong Davis Cupper led the Highlanders to their second successive Big South Championship with a 4-2 victory over archrivals Winthrop over the weekend and thus earning Radford an automatic bid to next month's 124th NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships.

At the World Junior Tennis Asia/Oceania Qualifying held at the East Lake Tennis Club in Shenzhen, the sixth-seeded HK team of Kevin Wong, Kelvin Lam, and Vincent Yau suffered a 3-0 setback against second-seeded Australia in the quarterfinals earlier on Thursday. A win would have sent the territory to the World Finals in Prostejov, Czech Republic, for the first time since 2001. [Full Results] [Photo Gallery]

In a replica of opening day's dominant display at the World Junior Tennis Asia/Oceania Qualifying in Shenzhen, the sixth-seeded HK team of Kevin Wong, Kelvin Lam, and Vincent Yau blanked New Zealand 3-0 earlier yesterday to go joint-top in Group 2 together with No. 3 seed China. The territory will next face-off with China to determine final positions for qualification to the knockout stage.
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The sixth-seeded Hong Kong WJT Boys' contingent of Kelvin Lam, Kevin Wong, and Vincent Yau thoroughly dominated the Philippines 3-0 on opening day of the 2008 World Jr Tennis Asia/Oceania Qualifying event held this year at the East Lake Tennis Club in Shenzhen. The girls' competition will take place the following week at the same venue from April 21-26.  [Gallery]

Having needed to win both reverse singles to stave off relegation, Hong Kong did just that on Sunday at the Chinese Recreation Club where Yu Hiu Tung first leveled the tie at 2-2 by calmly defeating opposing No. 1, Karim Alayly, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. Michael Lai then completed the 3-2 overall victory by seeing off the inexperienced Ibrahim Abou Chahine, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2, who got the call in place of the ailing Jicham Zaatini.