We didn't think it would be possible to beat our record from the last Davis tournament, but boy did our team set a new record! Out of a total of 19 events, we won 15 of them. We nearly swept not only in singles but in mixed and doubles as well! All of the hard work you have put into training has paid off. Congratulations to *all* of you for playing well and showing great fighting spirit.
The two most intense games that I remember are Marvin Qi's DMS consolation finals. All of his fans and team buddies were cheering him on, but alas, he lost in a very very close split game. The other super intense and crazy match of the weekend was A Men's Doubles finals. It featured Bintang Team's Minh Nguyen and Pratik Patel against India ex-national players Pridhivi Appenini and Parag Modi. The entire three games was neck to neck, with only one to two point spread. There was lots of great smashing, even better defending, crazy placement and control! During each rally, we were all holding our breaths. Thanks to much team spirit and cheering, our players won, taking up the 15th win for our team that weekend.
Here are the winners (please excuse me if I missed out anyone):
AMS -- 1st Minh Nguyen, 2nd Pratik Patel
ABWS -- 1st Priscilla Long
AMX -- 1st Minh Nguyen/Huong Tran
AMD -- 1st Minh Nguyen/Pratik Patel
AWD -- 2nd Huong Tran/Stella Chun
BMS -- 1st Jan Banquiles, 2nd Bryan Chow, semi's Chetan Potu
BMX -- 1st Jan Banquiles/Cally Chung
BMD -- 1st Chetan Potu/Jan Banquiles
BWD -- 1st Cally Chung/Tiffany Chua
CMS -- no one :(
CWS -- 1st Angela Lin, 2nd Cally Chung, semi's Lily Wen & Cindy Tam
CMX -- 1st Chetan Potu/Tiffany Chua
CMD -- 1st Justin Ma/Timothy Lam*
CWD -- no one :(
DMS -- 1st Danny Chan, 2nd Troi Chua, semi's HinHin Wong
DWS -- 1st Madeline Sporkert, 2nd Tracy Chu, semi's Allison Chang & Christine Wang, Con's Amy Ran
DMX -- 1st Danny Chan/Helena Wong
DMD -- no one :(
DWD -- 1st Lily Wen/Madeline Sporkert, Cons Christine Wang/ShuShu Hsia
Again, this was an awesome turnout (nearly perfect record!) and all of the coaches are very proud of you. Let's keep training hard and getting ready for the next tournament. For full results from Davis Badminton Club, check here.
