No Upsets In Early Stages of National Champs

The first couple of rounds of singles at the 2012 National Badminton Championships had no upsets on the court but did have the men's top seed, Southland's James Eunson pull out with a bout of the flu.

However every other seed eased into the third round of the tournament which is being held at the Auckland Badminton Stadium until Sunday afternoon.

Last year's beaten finalist, TJ Weistra from the Waikato will now most likely have a crunch match in the quarters against former Kiwi representative Joe Wu(Northland) and with Eunson now out of the singles a reasonably clear path to the final.

Second seed Luke Charlesworth from Waitakere moved into the third round as did other seeds Ashraf Dhoray(Auckland) and Asher Richardson while Auckland's Brent Miller put paid to veteran and 1986 Commonwealth Games medallist Kerrin Harrison in straight games.

The women's top seeds also progressed in the third round with No1 Anna Rankin(Southland), Amanda Brown(Waikato), Auckland's Lilian Shih and North Harbour's Anona Pak all through.

Play continues on Saturday with quarters and semifinals with the finals on Sunday from 11am.

Results:
Men's first round:
Max Desai(Waikato) bt Anush Pandian(Auckland) 21-17 21-19, Kent Palmer(Waitakere) bt Thomas Dharmawan(Nth Harbour) 21-17 21-12, Harry Long (Auckland) bt Niccolo Tagle(Nth Harbour) 22-20 21-18, Maika Phillips(Nth Harbour) bt Daniell Hillier(Auckland) 21-19 21-16, Jonathan Curtin(Auckland) bt Callum Harfield(Nth Harbour) 21-12 21-5, Thomas Ellis(Waitakere) bt Tsz Fung Choi(Auckland) 21-13 21-10, Dylan Soedjasa(Nth Harbour) bt Daniel Beckerleg(Waitakere) 21-9 21-7, Dhanny Oud(Auckland) bt Matt Seacombe(Canterbury) 21-7 21-13, Brent Miller(Auckland) bt Kerrin Harrison(Nth Harbour) 21-12 21-13, Joseph Timms(Marlborough) bt Riga Oud(Auckland) 16-21 21-19 21-13.

Second round:
Ellis bt Matt Chan(Auckland) 23-21 21-12, Long bt Chee Foong Lim(Auckland) 21-7 21-15, Soedjasa bt Michael Rippon(Auckland) 19-21 21-16 21-13, Ashraf Dhoray(Auckland) bt Oud 21-14 21-9, Miller bt Kai Yi Lim(Auckland) 21-2 21-5, Brock Matheson(Nth Harbour) bt Daxxon Vong(Auckland) 21-7 21-13, Rob Batty(Auckland) bt Kerwyn Lee(Nth Harbour) 21-13 20-22 21-4, Timms bt Derek Leung(Auckland) 21-18 21-15, (2)Luke Charlesworth(Waitakere) bt Howard Chou(Auckland) 21-12 21-12, Asher Richardson(Waikato) bt Dylan Henton(Auckland) 21-11 21-13, TJ Weistra(Waikato) bt Ben Hillier(Auckland) 21-11 21-11, Turenne Lee(Auckland) bt (1)James Eunson(Southland) walkover, Desai bt Balens Sulaiman(Nth Harbour) 21-18 21-18, Sam Ho(Auckland) bt Palmer 21-14 14-21 21-10, Daniel Lee(Auckland) bt Phillips 21-15 21-11, Joe Wu(Northland) bt Curtin 21-14 21-10.

Women's singles first round:
Carolin Stuehmeyer(Auckland) bt Amy Wright(BOP) walkover, Alyse Derby(Wellington North) bt Jolly Ng(Auckland) 21-16 21-17.
Second round:
Amanda Brown(Waikato) bt Jasmin Ng(Auckland) 21-15 21-10, Stueehmeyer bt Justine Villegas(Canterbury) 21-11 21-11, Lilian Shih(Auckland) bt Rebecca Goddard(Nth Harbour) 21-10 21-19, Carmen Yuen(Auckland) bt Rayna Phillips(Nth Harbour) 21-13 21-13, Kaitlyn McLeod(Auckland) bt Aishwarya Nair(Waitakere) 21-18 21-11, Anona Pak(Nth Harbour) bt Rowena Devathasan(Auckland) 21-16 21-11, Anna Rankin(Southland) bt Angie Leung(Auckland) 21-16 21-15.