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Sara Fu
Shakehand to Wesleyan
2007 US Open Table Tennis Tournament
July 4-7, 2007 - Las Vegas, NV
Hilton Las Vegas Convention Center
Sara Fu forehand
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Andre Scott and Sara Fu
Copyright © 2007 - Robert Trudell
Equipment:
Blade - Shakehand: Iolite 
Rubber: Bryce & Cermet 
Sara Fu vs. Stefan Feth - Open Singles Semifinal
Jiaqi Zheng vs. Sara Fu - Open Quarterfinal
Steve Nguyen vs. Sara Fu - Open RR Group
Crystal Huang vs. Sara Fu - Women's Singles Match Video
U.S. Open Championships
Rating before tournament: 2444
Rating after tournament: 2443
Rating change: -1
see complete history for Fu, Shu (Sara)
| Event |
Results |
Score |
Rating +/- |
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| Wins | |||||
| U-21 Women's Singles Qualification Rr |
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5,6,9 | 0 | ||
| U-21 Women's Singles Qualification Rr |
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4,3,6 | 0 | ||
| Under 2600 Singles |
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7,10,4 | 2 | ||
| Women's Singles |
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4,5,9,6 | 6 | ||
| Women's Singles Qualification Rr |
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7,6,8,6 | 0 | ||
| Women's Singles Qualification Rr |
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8,4,5,4 | 0 | ||
| Losses | |||||
| U21 Women's Singles |
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6,-6,5,-7,4,-7,9 | -5 | ||
| Under 2600 Singles |
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4,5,3 | -2 | ||
| Women's Singles |
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2,-8,-6,-8,4,10,8 | -2 | ||
http://www.norcaltabletennis.com/saraf.htm
Date of Birth: Sep. 6, 1987
Residence: San Jose
Education: High School Graduate
Ethnicity: Chinese
Rating: 2480
Style: Shakehand all-around
offensive
Equipment: Butterfly Iolite blade with Butterfly Bryce on
forehand and Cermet on backhand
Sponsor: Butterfly
Clubs Played: Palo Alto
Sara recently came to the US through arrangements made by Palo Alto Head Coach Dennis Davis to have her practice with the promising players at Palo Alto. She was born in Chengdu which is a city in the Sichuan Province in China. Her father was very interested in table-tennis and Sara asked him to teach her at the age of seven. She came from China and fighting jet lag, played the North American Team tournament in Baltimore during the 2005 Thanksgiving weekend. She also went to Las Vegas during the US Nationals and called Las Vegas "fun and beautiful." She assisted the Palo Alto juniors with coaching during the Nationals and feels that some of them will win a world-class medal for the US. There's a good chance she could be referring to Ariel Hsing, Lily Zhang, and Natalie Sun who are 3 top girls for in the US for girls 11 and under. She was also able to visit Disneyland. Despite these enjoyable visits to places in the US, she considers the highlight of her trip to be the new friends she made here.
But despite the positives, she misses her family and her dog "Laifu." She has been a government employee playing for the Chengdu city team and Sichuan provincial team. Sara has been the Sichuan Provincial women's singles champion and got fifth place in the Chinese National Southern Region tournament. Her favorite player is Japanese phenom Ai Fukuhara who is one of the biggest celebrities in Japan. Ai nearly defeated former World Champion Hei Zhi Li and when Hei asked what she thought of Ai, she said "there are a thousand kids like her in China." That says something about the popularity and strength of table-tennis in China. Sara was also surprised how many Chinese people there are in America and she sometimes wonders if she is in China or the US!
Sara enjoys competing with the best players in the US and is happy to have made new friends in this area. She also hopes to attend a university in the US and calls her biggest accomplishment being a nice and responsible person. In competition, Sara has defeated Barney Reed, Freddie Gabriel, Shashin Shodhan, Jackie Lee, and Auria Malek with all wins being 3-2 in games. I guess that means she is good in the clutch!
http://www.norcaltabletennis.com/saraarielinterview.htm
NorCal Table Tennis (For Sara): You just got your working visa so how do you feel?
Sara Fu: Very, very happy. I would also like to thank coach Dennis Davis to make this happen. ....
http://www.txwes.edu/tabletennis/images/P1140897d.jpg
Sara Fu new to Texas Wesleyan
