New Zealand and Australia have dominated the VICTOR Oceania Junior Individual Championships 2019, securing all twenty semi final spots across the five disciplines.
After almost four hours of fantastic badminton, the finalists have been confirmed! Check out who will be returning to the court tomorrow from 12 noon to compete for the gold medals.
| Men’s singles semi finals | Winner | Opponent | Score |
| MS semi final 1 |
Joshua Feng [6] NZL |
Milain Lohith Ranasinghe AUS |
11-21 21-18 23-21 |
| MS semi final 2 |
Edward Lau [2] NZL |
Marcus Kong AUS |
21-11-21-17 |
“My plan was to be patient and apply pressure to the back of the court. I was happy with my form and I hope to keep this going into tomorrow’s final.“ – Edward Lau, New Zealand
| Women’s singles semi finals | Winner | Opponent | Score |
| WS semi final 1 |
Shaunna Li [1] NZL |
Angela Yu [6] AUS |
21-16 21-15 |
| WS semi final 2 |
Roanne Apalisok [4] NZL |
Majan Almazan AUS |
21-12 21-19 |
“That was the most nervous I have felt yet but I went through my same process of a good warm-up and music to fuel my motivation before playing. I stayed focused throughout the match and played a tactical game to secure the win.“ – Shaunna Li, New Zealand
| Men’s doubles semi finals | Winner | Opponent | Score |
| MD semi final 1 |
Ryan Tong [2] Jack Wang NZL |
Dimitri Han Daniel Hocking AUS |
21-16 21-15 |
| MD semi final 2 |
Ricky Tang Otto Xing De Zhao AUS |
Marcus Kong Jack Yu AUS |
21-17 21-16 |
| Women’s doubles semi finals | Winner | Opponent | Score |
| WD semi final 1 |
Kaitlyn Ea Angela Yu AUS |
Angie Liu Amelia Lowe AUS |
21-14 21-15 |
| WD semi final 2 |
Majan Almazan Kelly Xu AUS |
Ella Smith [1] Jenny Zhu NZL |
21-15 20-22 21-17 |
“We weren’t taking the shuttle as early as we should have, but it’s a good learning curve ahead of tomorrow’s final. It’s my first time playing int these Championships and I just hope to play well and have a good game tomorrow.“ – Kelly Xu,
| Mixed doubles semi finals | Winner | Opponent | Score |
| XD semi final 1 |
Edward Lau [2] Shaunna Li NZL |
Ryan Venpin [8] Kaitlyn Ea AUS |
21-15 21-19 |
| XD semi final 2 |
Jack Yu Angela Yu AUS |
Ricky Tang [7] Majan Almazan AUS |
21-12 21-19 |
“From today’s match, we’ve learnt that we need to be more focused on our game plan. We must bring more confidence back to the court tomorrow if we hope to win.“ – Shaunna Li and Edward Lau, New Zealand.
The VICTOR Oceania Open Individual Championships 2019 have also been taking place at the same time. Check out the highlights from the Open Championships semi finals here.
The finals of the VICTOR Oceania Individual Championships (Open and Junior) will take place from 12 midday on Thursday 14 February 2019. You can view the schedule here.
All matches with be available to watch on the live stream for free on OVO.
