Pictured: Sumiya Nihei and Minami Asakura, Japan. Photo credit: Mel Walsh Out of the four seeded pairs who progressed into tonight’s mixed doubles semifinals, the lower seeded underdogs were the ones who rose to the occasion. Although that still includes the champions from last week’s tournament in Bendigo, Chang and Lee. Tomorrow, they’ll take on…
DetailsPictured: Gronya Somerville and Wendy Chen (Australia). Photo Credit: Mel Walsh Today’s quarterfinals opened with some heated mixed doubles contests as the draw narrows down to the final four pairs. Three out of the top four seeds lived up to expectations, while the first seeds from Canada fell at the hands of Chang and Lee…
DetailsPictured: Abhinav Manota, New Zealand. Photo Credit: Mel Walsh The men’s singles draw got a rude awakening on day two as the first seed from Canada (Jason Ho-Shue) was knocked out. At first it seemed like Ho-Shue had the game in the bag as he held a substantial lead throughout the opener. However, Wu Cheng-En…
DetailsDay one of the VICTOR North Harbour International 2022 opened with a singular mixed doubles qualification match before the main draws of the men’s and women’s singles sprung into action. There were mixed fortunes for the players from Oceania. While the Continental men’s singles runner up in 2022, Nathan Tang got off to a scintillating…
DetailsNew Zealand’s Yanxi Liu is the youngest competitor at the VICTOR North Harbour International 2022. At only 12-years-old, she is competing in her first international tournament. In a hall of Tokyo 2020 Olympians and players well beyond her years, this is new territory for her, but she insists the age and experience gap will not…
DetailsMixed Doubles The third seeds from Japan took charge in the first game with tumbling net shots, clever deception and counter attacks to find the gaps on court. The contest got more heated in the second game as Chang Ko-Chi was making up for his slow start, engaging in fast and flat exchanges while the…
DetailsThe winner of the women’s singles at last week’s YONEX Sydney International 2022, Sung Shuo Yun, doubles up on final appearances as she became the first player to book her spot this evening. Her opponent (Shiori Saito) was leading at the halfway mark in both games, but the second seed’s professionalism prevailed throughout the long…
DetailsThe morning got off to a dramatic start as the first seeds from Canada were knocked out of the mixed doubles draw, meaning that only two of the top four seeds remain. Tournament underdogs, Kazuhiro and Yui (Japan), came all the way through qualifying and have made a name for themselves in Bendigo by defeating…
DetailsPictured: Koshiro Moriguchi (Japan) and Jason Anthony Ho-Shue (Canada). Photo Credit: Marthin Nanere Day three of the YONEX Bendigo International 2022 saw the draws narrow down from 16 to 8 in each discipline as the quarterfinalists were decided. Opening with the mixed doubles, Oceania’s interest was phased out as two pairs from Chinese Taipei ousted…
DetailsPlayers were fighting for a place in the last 16 on day two of the YONEX Bendigo International 2022. The mixed doubles opened proceedings, with the top seeds from Canada out in full force as they eased through their first round match. The third seeds from Japan had a slightly more difficult encounter as they…
DetailsThis month, the Oceania Tour 2022 sprung back into action as three out of the five eligible tournaments get underway in Oceania. The Tour started back in April at the VICTOR Oceania Championships and was revived last week at the YONEX Sydney International 2022. The players have another chance to collect points this week at…
DetailsPictured: Chun-Yi Lin (Chinese Taipei) and Athi Selladuri (Australia). Photo Credit:Marthin Nanere Many of last week’s competitors in Sydney made the move to Bendigo for this week’s International Challenge tournament – the YONEX Bendigo International 2022. Also joining them in Bendigo, an influx of Japanese competitors (part of the Jtekt Act Saikyo club) and a…
DetailsPictured: Lin Ying Xiang (AUS) and Takahashi Koo (JPN). Photo credit: Marthin Nanere 25 players from Japan have travelled to compete in this week’s YONEX Bendigo International 2022. Their contingent consists of recent junior national team players and skilled players in their mid-twenties who train with ‘Jtekt Act Saikyo’ – one of the top clubs…
DetailsPictured: Chen Xin-Yuan/Yang Ching Tun and Po Li-Wei/Chang Ching Hui, Chinese Taipei. Photo Credit: Luis Veniegra Women’s Singles It has been a hectic month for the first seed and world number 58 from Chinese Taipei, Sung Shuo Yun. She is competing for a fourth consecutive week, having played in Belgium, Poland, Canada and now Sydney.…
DetailsPictured: Jia Wei Joel Koh, Singapore. Photo credit: Luis Veniegra Photograpy Two fiery mixed doubles matches opened proceedings in tonight’s semifinals – a discipline which has been dominated by players from Chinese Taipei at this week’s YONEX Sydney International 2022. While Po and Chang won their game in two, the drama was unfolding on the…
Details
