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Tokyo 2020 youngest competitor Zaza hopes to send message of fighting for dream Su Bin,Zhang Han
The 12-year-old Syrian table tennis player sends a powerful message of fight for a dream .
TOKYO, July 24 (Xinhua) At 12 years and 204 days, Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza has become the youngest competitor at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games when she stepped on the court on Saturday.
Facing 39-year-old Austrian paddler Liu Jia, whose daughter is 10 years old, Zaza fell in straight sets without much surprise in the women s singles preliminary round. I hoped to get a win in this match, and have a better play. But she was a tough opponent, and it was a good lesson for me, especially in my first Olympic appearance. Hopefully, I will work on it to get a better result next time, said Zaza.