She had been playing catch-up all afternoon long, always coming from behind to even the score in her women's singles quarter-final table tennis match in the Volkswagen Pro Tour Grand Finals in Macau yesterday.

But still she persisted. And by banking on her past victories over Korean defensive specialist Kim Kyung Ah, Singaporean paddler Wang Yuegu took the lead when it mattered most, in the final set, and held on for the win.

The final score: 7-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-3, 11-9.