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Atha Fong
Junior Girl's Team
2007 US Open Table Tennis Tournament
July 4-7, 2007 - Las Vegas, NV
Hilton Las Vegas Convention Center
Atha Fong backhand
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Copyright © 2007 - Robert Trudell
http://tt.mainstreet.net/ttoutpost/Atha_Fong_vs_Trevor_Runyan_31st_Golden_State_Open.htm
Heather Wang and Atha Fong
Date of Birth: 01/23/89
Place of Birth: Canada
Residence: Walnut Creek,
USATT Rating: 2098
2007 USA Junior Girls National Team
2006 North American Tour Finals - Jr Competitions U-18 Girls RR Champion
2006 U.S. National Girls Junior Team
2004 Junior Nationals - Girls U-16 & U-18 Singles Champion
2004 Joell Ferrell Award
2003 U.S. Open Championships - Girls U-16 Singles & Doubles Champion
2002 Junior Nationals - Girls U-14 Singles Champion
2002 Pan Am Youth Championships - Primary Girl's 1st Place
http://www.norcaltabletennis.com/athaf.htm
Date of Birth: Jan. 23, 1989
Residence: Walnut Creek
Education: Freshman at Stanford University
Ethnicity: Chinese
Rating: 2109
Style: Two-winged close to the table looper
Equipment: Kong Linghui Special Blade with Bryce FX on Forehand and
Sriver FX on Backhand
Sponsor: Butterfly
Clubs Played: Concord TTC, Palo Alto TTC
BIO:
Atha followed in the footsteps of her elder sister Kyna and elder
brother Conan who were both playing table-tennis. She started at age seven at
the Concord club and now trains at the Palo Alto club as well under the
supervision of Dennis Davis. When asked how many national titles she had, she
humbly said "Too many too count!" Her biggest accomplishments are
winning the Joel Ferrell Award for good sportsmanship at the Junior Olympics and
winning the Pan American Cadet Girls Singles title in 2003. In the 2004
tryouts for the girls national team, Atha was one match away from making the
team and in 2005, she made the girls national team in the #2 position. She has
been ranked #1 in the US for her age group and wants to "reach the pinnacle
of [her] potential." She recently was admitted to Stanford University and
will join her sister Kyna there this fall. She played golf for fun on her
high school team.
http://usatt.org/magazine/06sept-oct/junior_atha_fong.shtml
Junior of the Month: Atha Fong
As a curious seven-year-old, Atha Fong tagged along after her siblings in sports camp, watching them play various sports. She was most excited, however, when they played table tennis. Mesmerized by the flight and plight of the little orange balls, Atha began picking them up for her siblings, and quickly became eager to bang them around herself. Her parents initially rejected Atha’s plea to play, as she was not yet tall enough to see over the table. But Atha persisted, and soon she was allowed to enter Bill Lui’s coaching program at the Concord Table Tennis Club.
After developing proper fundamentals in Concord, Atha improved quickly into an aggressive looper. In the past few years, her junior career has blossomed. She won the Joel Ferrell Award for athletic ability and sportsmanship at the 2004 Junior Olympics, where she also won three different playing titles. In late 2005, Atha reached her highest rating yet at 2177. Then at the National Championships last December, she made the National Junior Team for the first time by placing second in the Junior Girls’ team trials. This earned her a spot to compete in the North American Championships, where she finished an impressive third in Girls’ Singles. Atha also teamed up with Judy Hugh to reach the semifinals of Women’s Doubles and the final of Junior Girls’ Doubles.
Known for her powerful forehand attacks, Atha is trying to polish her backhand and sharpen her sense of touch. Now coached by Dennis Davis and Stefan Feth, she plays five times a week at both Concord and the Palo Alto Table Tennis Club. This summer, she will also train in the USATT training camps in Texas and China, in anticipation of playing in her first World Junior Circuit, in China.
U.S. Open Championships
Rating before tournament: 2075
Rating after tournament: 2044
Rating change: -31
see complete history for Fong, Atha
| Event |
Results |
Score |
Rating +/- |
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| Wins | |||||
| Under 2200 Rr |
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-8,6,10,6 | 0 | ||
| Under 2200 Rr |
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6,5,3 | 0 | ||
| Under 2400 Singles |
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7,-13,9,6 | 16 | ||
| Women's Singles Qualification Rr |
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7,7,7,6 | 0 | ||
| Losses | |||||
| Junior Girl's Singles |
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9,3,6 | -30 | ||
| U21 Women's Singles |
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-10,-14,9,-1,7,9,9 | -3 | ||
| Under 2200 Rr |
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6,4,7 | -13 | ||
| Under 2400 Singles |
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1,-9,8,6 | -1 | ||
| Women's Singles Qualification Rr |
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5,5,2,6 | -0 | ||
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