Owens wins seven set thriller; Hazinski remains only unbeaten
Posted by admin on 11 Jan 2008 at 06:04 pm | in: Drexel, Sports, Table Tennis

David Zhuang Photo By: Evan Rosen/The Triangle
David Zhuang (3-1) and Eric Owens (3-1) certainly had the match of the session as each rally was its own mini-battle, and the fans knew it. The match was the last one to finish today, and it held all the fans in suspense until Owens squeaked by in seven sets (11-8) (11-7) (8-11) (5-11) (13-11) (8-11) (11-6).
Mark Hazinski (4-0) continued to steamroll the field as he dominated John Leach (1-3) in straight sets (11-8) (11-4) (12-10) (11-9).
Khoa Nguyen (3-1) outlasted the top remaining seed Yinghua Cheng (2-2) in seven games (11-9) (11-9) (6-11) (6-11) (11-9) (5-11) (11-6). Cheng’s day finished on a tough note as he lost his last two matches in seven sets.
Philadelphia resident Razvan Cretu (2-2) has lost eight of his last nine sets as he was swept by Adam Hugh (11-8) (11-9) (13-11) (11-7). That was Hugh’s first victory in the tournament.
Han Xiao (2-2) easily handled Tahl Leibovitz (0-4) after Xiao was able to finally win the first game (17-15) (11-7) (11-8) (11-9).







