Upsets Continue At Canterbury International

The upsets continued at the Canterbury Badminton International, with only one seeded player making it to the semifinals of the men’s singles at the Canterbury Badminton Centre.

Southland second seed James Eunson put paid to the upset run of Auckland’s Ashraf Dhoray with a 21-12 21-12. Dhoray had earlier defeated Luke Charlesworth and New Zealand team member Kevin Dennerly-Minturn. Eunson has now set up a semifinal clash with American Daniel Gouw who accounted for Michael Fowke(Waikato) in three tight games.

At the top end of the draw it was American-born Bjorn Seguin who showed his worth by defeating top seed, Joe Wu 21-12 19-21 21-19. Seguin was up 12-6 in the third game but Wu was about to fight back to 18-18, however Wu missed a vital smash at match point with his opponent totally out of the point.

Seguin who has been trying to become a New Zealand citizen for the past year wil play Australian Nelson Oon in the semis after Oon beat seeded American Arnold Setiadi 22-20 17-21 22-20.

Meanwhile the women’s draw looks set to pit the top two seeds, Erica Pong(Australia) and Southland’s Anna Rankin against each other in the final.

Pong will still have to get past Auckland’s Clare Chapple in her semi while Rankin faces another Aucklander, Victoria Cheng in her semi.

Results

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Women’s singles quarterfinals (New Zealand unless noted):

Clare Chapple bt Amy rose Pfeifer 21-15 21-18, Victoria Cheng bt Emma Rodgers 21-17 21-18, (1)Erica Pong(Australia) bt Madeline Stapleton 21-8 21-9, (2)Anna Rankin bt Amanda Brown 21-6 21-12.

Men’s singles quarterfinals:

Bjorn Seguin bt (1)Joe Wu 21-19 19-21 21-19, Nelson Oon(Australia) bt Arnold Setiadi(USA) 22-20 17-21 22-20, Daniel Gouw(USA) bt Michael Fowke 21-16 15-21 21-17, (2)James Eunson bt Ashraf Dhoray 21-12 21-12.