Three days of thrilling badminton action culminated with the semi-finals this evening as the finalists for the VICTOR Oceania Open Individual Championships are confirmed.
Tahiti’s Rémi Ross was the only player outside of New Zealand and Australia to secure a place in the Open men’s singles semi final. Meanwhile, Australia and New Zealand have dominated the later stages of the draw, with a handful of their top seeded players making it to the final day.
The Tahitian shuttler put on a sterling display of badminton this evening in an exact repeat of last year’s final. This time, he overcame his rival and first seed, New Zealand’s Abhinav Manota. If Rémi Rossi succeeds tomorrow, he will be the first player outside of New Zealand and Australia to take a gold medal home from this event.
| Men’s singles semi final results | Winner | Opponent | Score |
| MS semi final 1 |
Rémi Rossi [5] TAH |
Abhinav Manota [1] NZL |
21-10 21-18 |
| MS semi final 2 |
Oscar Guo [6] NZL |
Keith Mark Edison AUS |
21-16 22-20 |
“My plan was to move faster than Abhinav and take the shuttle as early as possible as he can be an extremely deceptive player. This will be my third time playing in the final and I hope to take home the gold medal this year.“ – Remi Ross, Tahiti
Four-time reigning champion and Olympian, Wendy Chen is on track for a fifth consecutive women’s singles title after storming through her semi-final against the fourth seed from New Zealand, Sally Fu.
| Women’s singles semi final results | Winner | Opponent | Score |
| WS semi final 1 |
Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen [1] AUS |
Sally Fu [4] NZL |
21-15 21-9 |
| WS semi final 2 |
Yingzi Jiang AUS |
Louisa Ma [2] AUS |
21-19 21-14 |
Please see the results from the doubles throughout the evening below:
| Men’s doubles semi final results | Winner | Opponent | Score |
| MD semi final 1 |
Simon Wing Hang Leung [1] Mitchell Wheller AUS |
Lukas Defolky [4] Raymond Tam AUS |
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| MD semi final 2 |
Sawan Serasinghe Eric Vuong AUS |
Jacob Schueler Felix Wang AUS |
21-15 21-13 |
| Women’s doubles semi final results | Winner | Opponent | Score |
| WD semi final 1 |
Setyana Mapasa [1] Gronya Somerville AUS |
Erena Calder -Hawkins Anona Pak NZL |
21-12 21-14 |
| WD semi final 2 |
Yingzi Jiang [3] Louisa Ma AUS |
Jessica Lim Talia Saunders AUS |
“We have taken this tournament one game at a time and were prepared for each point. We have bought a positive attitude and we hope to repeat the performance in tomorrow’s final.“ – Setyana Mapasa, Australia.
| Mixed doubles semi final results | Winner | Opponent | Score |
| XD semi final 1 |
Simon Wing Hang Leung [1] Gronya Somerville AUS |
Huaidong Tang [5] Setyana Mapasa AUS |
21-12 21-6 |
| XD semi final 2 |
Sawan Serasinghe [6] Lee Yen Khoo AUS |
Mitchell Wheller Jessica Lim AUS |
21-4 21-7 |
“We always go into our matches with a game plan and this time we managed to do that really well. We played to our strengths and set up the attack throughout the game“ – Sawan Serasinghe, Australia.
The VICTOR Oceania Junior Individual Championships 2019 have also been taking place at the same time. Check out the highlights from the junior Championships 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.
