Badminton

WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

Men's singles, quarter-finals: 1-H. Yamada (Japan) bt 7-Y. Ikeda 15-7 15-12, 3-S. Sasaki (Japan) bt 6-R. Spitko (Germany) 15-4 15-5, G. Bellingham (NZ) bt 5-T. Matsumoto (Japan) 15-3 15-7, 2-S. Sato (Japan) bt 8-S. Brehaut (Australia) 15-8 15-11.

Semifinals: Sasaki bt Yamada 15-11 15-4, Sato bt Bellingham 11-15 15-6 15-4.

Final: Sato bt Sasaki 15-4 17-14.

Men's doubles, first round: P. Charalambidis/C. Tsartsidis (Greece) bt B. Rutherford/B. Stevens (NZ) 15-5 15-4, J. King/A. Haliday (NZ) bt D. Forrest/N. Hannam (NZ) 15-4 15-6, D. O'Halloran (Ireland)/C. Trenholme (Canada) bt S. Koo/J. Wu (NZ) 15-3 15-4, 4-T. Denney/A. Brehaut (Australia) bt C. Cheng /H. Tam (NZ) 15-3 15-7, T. Gibson/D. Muir (NZ) bt T. Costello/A. Van Driel (NZ) 15-10 15-8, G. Bellingham/C. Cooper (NZ) bt C. Smola/J. Dickson (NZ) walkover, J. Lubransky/V. Vaeau (NZ) bt M. Lewis/Z. Young (NZ) 15-11 15-7, L. O'Connor Chen/B. Smith (NZ) bt S. Gomez/G. Gisbon (Australia) 15-13 5-15 15-10, T. Creemers/J. Wouters (Netherlands) bt L. Dickson/J. Morahan (NZ) walkover, S. Carson/D. James (S Africa) bt O. Flower/G. Bramley (NZ) 15-3 15-2, C. Pegrum (Aust)/C. Alistair (Scotland) bt Jah Fei Lee/D. Roberts (NZ)15-0 15-0, T. Matsumoto/K. Kawaguchi (Japan) bt A. de Weaver/De Jian Chew (NZ) 15-3 15-0, S. Sasaki/S. Shinki (Japan) bt A. Hoffman/M. Robertson (NZ) 15-12 15-5.

Second round: 1-S. Sato/Y. Ikeda (Japan) bt Charalambidis/Tsartsidis 15-4 15-11, Haliday/King bt O'Halloran/Trenhome 15-9 11-15 15-12, Denney/A. Brehaut bt Gibson/Muir 15-6 15-5, Bellingham/Cooper bt Lubransky/Vaeau 15-1 15-5, Gomez/Gibson bt O'Connor Chen/Smith 15-6 15-9, Creemer/Wouters bt Carson/James 11-15 15-7 15-5, Matsumoto/Kawaguchi bt Pegrum/Casey 15-2 15-10, 2 John Gordon (NZ)/Dan Shirley (NZ) bt Sasaki/Shinkai default.

Quarter-finals: Sato/Ikeda bt Haliday/King 15-2 15-2, Denney/A. Brehaut bt Bellingham/Cooper 10-15 15-10 15-12, Creemers/Wouters bt Gomez/Gibson 15-5 15-11, Gordon/Shirley bt Matsumoto/Kawaguchi 14-17 15-10 15-6.

Semifinals: Sato/Ikeda bt Denney/Brehaut 15-11 15-5, Gordon/Shirley bt Creemers/Wouters 15-5 17-16.

Final: Gordon/Shirley bt Sato/Ikeda 15-5 16-17 15-10.

Women's singles, quarter-finals: 1-L. Permana (Aust) bt M. Edwards (S Africa) 11-1 11-5, 4-S. Jonsdottir (Israel) bt K. Windsor (NZ) 11-7 11-5, C. Umezu (Japan) bt B. Huang (Ireland) 11-2 11-3, 2-M. Akao (Japan) bt D. Cranston (NZ) 11-3 11-2.

Semifinals: Permana bt Jonsdottir 11-3 11-3, Umezu bt Akao 11-5 11-3.

Final: Umezu bt Permana 9-11 11-6 11-5.

Women's doubles, first round: Y. Iwata/M. Tai (Japan) bt K. Armitage/N. Millar (NZ) 15-2 15-0, D. Cranston/B. Hill (NZ) bt M. Kazakova (Russia)/G. Choi (NZ) 15-7 15-2, 3-S. Runesten Petersen/Bei Wu (NZ) bt L. Mapa/M. O'Sullivan (NZ) 15-2 15-0, J. Tam/G. Shirley (NZ) bt A. Chapman (NZ)/K. Foo Kune (Mauritius) walkover, M. Chan/H. Fisher (NZ) bt A. Miller/F. Miller (NZ)15-6 15-3, 4-A. Nakashima/A. Hirayama (Japan) bt R. Hindley/L. Shirley (NZ) 15-4 15-3, J. Barnitt (NZ)/Hyun Ji Kim (Korea) bt M. Chan/K. Windsor (NZ) 15-9 15-9, 2-K. Wilson-Smith/J. Crabtree (Aust) bt H. Brown/L. Brown (NZ) 15-5 15-5.

Quarter-finals: Iwata/Tai bt Cranston/Hill 15-3 15-0, Runesten Petersen/Wu bt J Tam/L Shirley 15-2 15-1, Nakashima/Hirayama bt Chan/Fisher 15-3 15-1, Wilson Smith/Crabtree bt Barnitt/Kim 15-6 15-4.

Final: Runesten Petersen/Wu bt Nakashima/Hirayama 15-8 15-8

Mixed doubles, quarter-finals: Shirley/Runesten Petersen bt Creemers/Crabtree 15-8 15-9, Wouters/Lucas bt Dednam/Uys 15-6 15-6, Kawaguchi/Tai bt Cooper/Wu 15-3 3-15 17-14, Denney/Wilson-Smith bt O'Connor-Chen/Kim 15-4 15-3.

Semifinals: Denney/Wilson-Smith bt Kawaguchi/Tai 11-15 15-11 15-13, Runesten Petersen/Shirley bt Wouters/Lucas 15-8 15-8.

Final: Denney/Wilson-Smith bt Shirley/Runesten Petersen 17-16 15-6.