原标题：China's promising paddler pins hope on 2012 Olympics
WUHAN -- As a new-comer of the star-packed Chinese national team, teenage paddler Yao Yan has looked beyond the upcoming 2008 Olympics in Beijing and aimed on making squad for the 2012 Games.
"I won't make the wild wish of becoming an Olympian next year since there're too many talents better than me in the national team and only three of us could represent China on the court of the 2008 Olympic table tennis tournament," said the 19-year-old here after her first round women's singles match at the 6th Chinese City Games here on Wednesday.
"Guo Yue, the reigning world champion, Li Xiaoxia, the runner-up and Liu Shiwen, another very talented teenager, are all here for the City Games and even they are more experienced than me with more plays on the world stage.
"But I won't give up a slim hope of beating them in the coming City Games matches and so will I do in the future to keep myself in race of making the 2012 Olympic squad," she added after getting to know that her next rival in the women's singles quarterfinals will be world No. 2 Guo Yue.
The Shanghai native, who only made her international debut in last May at the Zagreb world championships, represents Central China city Wuhan at the ongoing City Games and helped the hosts clinch the bronze medal of the women's team event on Tuesday.
In Wednesday's matches of the women's singles event, the tall and swift girl made an easy through to the quarters after beating obscure Shang Yun of eastern Pingdingshan 11-2, 11-5, 11-7,12-14, 11-4 in the first round.
Yao, having not been called up to the national massive training camp until the end of year 2006, had no experience in any international events of adult level before making a world-shocking upset against established Lin Ling of Hong Kong, China, rallying past the former Chinese veteran 4-3 to set up a last 16 clash with Guo Yue.
In the all-Chinese match next day, Yao held on for six sets but was ousted after losing 4-2 to the super talent Guo.
With the results from world championships, the then 18-year-old, nicknamed "Female Copy of Wang Liqin", comparing her to the three- time world champion also from China's metropolis Shanghai, quickly improved her world rankings, jumping to the 39th from the 81st in only five months after the Zagreb worlds.
Yao, however, was far from satisfactory. "My aim is to step on the 2012 Olympic competitive court and I really see my chances," she said calmly.
