AUSTRALIA dominated the men's and women's 2017 ITTF Oceania Cup at the Vodafone Arena yesterday. <\/p>\n
In the women's final, 73-year-olds Jian Fang defeated Melissa Tapper in four sets to two. <\/p>\n
It was a tough competition between the two women, but Fang kept up the momentum to win by two sets. <\/p>\n
\"I enjoyed playing table tennis and for the past four days there wasn't much competition and I knew that I was going to face Tapper in the final,\" Fang said. <\/p>\n
She will now concentrate on the World Championship in Germany next year. <\/p>\n
In the men's final, David Powell retained his title with a four sets to two win against fellow countrymen Kane Townsend. <\/p>\n
The tournament was closed by Minister for Tourism and Industry Faiyaz Koya. <\/p>\n
Results: Men's bronze- Vanuatu Yoshua Shing, Women's bronze- New Caledonia Solenn Danger <\/p>\n
Other results: Cadet Girls Doubles- Gold- Australia Silver -Fiji\/New Caledonia Bronze- NZ, Cadet Boys doubles- Gold- Australia Silver New Caledonia Bronze- Fiji\/NZ, Junior Girls Double- Gold-Australia Silver- NZ Bronze- Fiji\/Australia, Junior boys doubles- Gold- Australia Silver-NZ Bronze- Australia\/NZ, Cadet Mixed Doubles- Gold- Australia Silver- NZ Bronze- Fiji\/Australia, Junior Mixed Doubles- Gold- Australia Silver- Australia Bronze- Australia\/NZ. <\/p>\n
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