Day two of the VICTOR Oceania Championship 2020 began with a major upset as the third seeds were knocked out of the mixed doubles.
Jacob Schueler and Jodee Vega were ousted by talented youngsters, Jack and Angela Yu, in two straight games. The first game a close encounter before the Yu siblings began to dominate, forcing the errors.
- Jack Yu/Angela Yu (AUS) vs Jacob Schueler/Jodee Vega (AUS) [3] 21-19 21-12
It’s been an eventful morning at Ballarat Badminton as two of the top seeds fell in the mixed doubles 🏸 #VOC2020 Check out some of the rallies from this morning’s round of 16 ⬇️ Follow the draw ➡️ bit.ly/2S4TaM4
Posted by Badminton Oceania on Monday, February 10, 2020
Meanwhile, the men’s singles thirteenth seed, Ying Xiang Lin, defeated the 2017 Oceania champion and third seed, Pit Seng Low. Ying’s impressive performance makes him a solid contender for the race in the men’s singles draw.
- Ying Xiang Lin (AUS) [13] vs Pit Seng Low (AUS) [3] 21-10 21-16
Similarly, in the women’s singles, Tahiti’s eighth seed faced defeat against Australia’s Zecily Fung. Meanwhile, top seed Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen displayed complete dominance over Maureen Wijaya.
Other major upsets before the quarterfinals came from the fifth and sixth seeds, Celeste Lee and Jennifer Tam, who were ousted by strong unseeded players from New Zealand and Australia.
- Zecily Fung (AUS) vs Esther Tau (TAH) [8] 21-7 21-15
- Hsua- Yu Wendy Chen (AUS) [1] vs Maureen Wijaya (AUS) 21-11 21-1
- Catelyn Rozario (NZL) vs Celeste Lee (AUS) [6] 21-13 21-18
- Sylvina Kurniawan (AUS) vs Jennifer Tam (AUS) [5] 21-6 21-12
All of the top seeds made it through to the quarterfinals in the women’s doubles, also joined by Kiribati’s Tinabora and Teitiria who denied Australia and New Zealand the chance for a whitewash in the games so far.
- Tinabora Tekeaki/Teitiria Utimawa (KIR) vs Méiissa Mi You/Nina Smits (TAH) 21-19 21-10
The session came to a thrilling end in the men’s doubles as Australia’s Ricky Tang and Otto Xing De Zhao gave the number one seeds a huge scare. Having taken the first game 21-9, the experience and professionalism of Leung and Wheller shone through as they held their nerve to secure their quarterfinal spot.
- Simon Wing Hang Leung/Mitchell Wheller (AUS)[1] vs Ricky Tang/Otto Xing De Zhao (AUS) 9-21 21-18 23-21
A thrilling end to the last 16 as the men’s doubles first seeds faced a huge scare 🏸 #VOC2020 Badminton Australia’s Simon Leung and Mitchell Wheller kept their cool as they returned from one game down to narrowly secure their spot in this evening’s quarterfinals!Simon Leung 🇦🇺 [1] vs Ricky Tang/Otto Xing De Zhao 🇦🇺 9-21 21-18 23-21 Check it out ⬇️
Posted by Badminton Oceania on Monday, February 10, 2020
The quarterfinals will take place at 4pm (local time GMT+11) on Tuesday 11 February. Keep up with the draw and follow all results on Tournament Software.
Courts one and two are also available to watch on the live stream.
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