Day 6

Today was the worst performance day for the US team as we did not win a match.  Han and Adam, who both with a win would have advanced to the main draw, were eliminated by players from the home country Slovenia.  Han lost a very close, nail-biting 5-set match to Nenad Bojanic in which every game ended either 11-9 or 11-8.  Han lost 11-8 in the decider.  Adam lost to the lefty Ziga Jazbec 3-1.  Both their matches were winnable.  Shashin lost to Thailand's Chaisit Chaitat 3-0 who earlier in the tournament played a 5-set match with Taiwan's Wu Chih-Chi.  Shashin had game point in the first but lost 3-0.  Pan took one game off a good Russian player before falling in four games.  Katherine Wu lost to Poland's Agata Pastor 3-0 and Laura Leach lost 3-0 to a Slovakian player. 

CHINESE NATIONAL TEAM MEMBER HOU YINGCHAO WINS THE MEN'S SINGLES AND MEN'S TEAM AND FINISHES SECOND IN THE MEN'S DOUBLES.  SHASHIN SHODHAN HAD GONE TO THE BEIJING CLUB WHERE HOU LEARNED TO PLAY IN 1999.

The rest of the day involved spectating matches and talking to players from various countries.  At night, we went out to a disco with other countries' players and stayed out late and had fun as there were no more matches we had to play the next day.

LAURA LEACH AND KATHERINE WU ARE HANGING OUT WITH THEIR NEW SLOVENIAN FRIEND AFTER THE COMPETITION IS OVER.