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Table tennis prodigy, 11, meets her match at Commonwealth Games

Anna Hursey in a past Olympic game. [Photo: Courtesy]

An 11-year-old Welsh table tennis prodigy who broke records and caused amazement at the Commonwealth Games met her match on Tuesday when she was ousted from the women's singles.

Anna Hursey thrashed Uganda's Halima Nambozo 4-0 but she came unstuck in her second pool match against Malaysia's Alice Chang Li Sian, who won 11-8, 11-8, 11-3, 11-4.

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