Young paddler Eu Gin Yi did Team Singapore proud when she clinched a joint-3rd placing in the U13 Girls’ Singles event at the WTT Youth Contender Szombathely on Saturday.

The 11 year old rising star fell to a 3-0 defeat against Chinese Taipei’s Hsiao Tzu Cheng, losing 11-2, 11-2, 11-9 in the semifinals.

She had earlier won a thriller against New Zealand’s Karen Looi in the Round of 16, winning 3-2 (6-11, 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9) before beating Slovakia’s Sofia Truskova 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 12-10) in the quarterfinals.

She also beat Ewa Czyszczon of Poland 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 in the Round of 32.

Liu Xinqi was unlucky not to have also secured a joint-3rd when she played her way into the quarterfinals, but Chinese Taipei’s Yen Pei En proved too strong, with Liu going down 2-11, 4-11, 4-11 in a 3-0 defeat.

Krystal Huang and Celestine Capati reached the Round of 16 before bowing out, with Huang losing to Hsiao 3-0 (9-11, 8-11, 2-11) and Capati losing to Looi 3-1 (11-8, 10-12, 6-11, 8-11).