A young group of paddlers aged 25 and under will represent Singapore at the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar from today until next Tuesday.

To prepare for life after the eventual retirement of world No. 10 Feng Tianwei and the 32nd-ranked Yu Mengyu - both are in their 30s - the Singapore Table Tennis Association has made the bold move to field younger and inexperienced players for the women's team event.