Olympics: Feng Tianwei loses to China's Ding, will compete for bronze

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Singapore paddler Feng Tianwei may have been defeated in the table tennis women's singles semi-finals, but the Republic's hopes for a medal in the singles event is still alive.

Feng, the world No. 8, went down 7-11, 4-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6, 6-11 to China's world No. 1 Ding Ning. Ding is also the reigning world champion.

The Singaporean will play for the bronze medal on Wednesday at the ExCel Arena, where she will meet either China's Li Xiaoxia or Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa.

The table tennis team, which is aiming to defend it's silver in the women's team event, has targeted two medals for this Olympics.