2009 Cathay Pacific ANZAC Day Open

The ANZAC Day Open for 2009 attracted entries from 100 competitors participating in various categories ranging from Junior Novice to Open events.

The Open Men’s singles final was won by Phillip Xiao (Auckland) who defeated Ryan Zhu (Auckland) in the final 4-3 and the Open Women’s singles final was won by Michelle McCarthy (Waikato) who defeated Julia Wu (Auckland) in the final 4-1.
Saturday 25th April Events

Open Mens’ Singles Phillip Xiao (A) bt. Ryan Zhu (A) 11-6, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9, 6-11, 6-11, 11-6

Open Womens’ Singles Michelle McCarthy (WK) bt. Julia Wu (A) 8-11, 13-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-5

Open Mens’ Doubles Ryan Zhu/Nathan Lowe (A) bt. Yoann Gimenez/Yanice Emmanuelidis (A)

12-10, 11-8, 11-5

Open Womens’ Doubles Michelle McCarthy/Sarah Ho (WK) bt. Feng Jie/Tanya Sulimova (A/WT)

11-6, 11-9, 11-8

Open Mixed Doubles Ryan Zhu/Feng Jie (A) bt. Nathan Lowe/Michelle McCarthy (A/WK)

11-5, 11-5, 11-7
A Grade Singles James Harter (W) bt. Hoa Ngo (A) 7-11, 2-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9

A Grade Doubles James Harter/Simon Hoey-Burns (W/WK) bt. Michael Wolloner/Eberhard Kleiser (WT)

11-5, 11-4, 12-10
B Grade Singles Puneet Kumar (WK) bt. Mark Page (WK) 11-2, 11-7, 11-6

B Grade Doubles Mark Page/Matthew Hetherington (WK) bt. Sam Yip/Wang Leung Chan (A)

9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9

C Grade Singles Eric Neal (A) bt. Hweiching Lim (A) 11-4, 11-7, 14-12

C Grade Doubles Aaron Page/Karen Stewart (WK/A) bt. Paul Winder/Keith Challis (A)

11-8, 11-6, 11-2
D Grade Singles Prajoal Arisht (A) bt. Virginia Waters (NH) 11-7, 11-9, 11-6

D Grade Doubles Mike Xie/Bryn Lindsay (A/NH) bt. Gihun Chung/Alex Kim (A)

11-9, 16-14, 9-11, 6-11, 11-7

Novice Singles Johnson Li (A) bt. Eugene Yao (A) 12-10, 11-9, 5-11, 12-10

Novice Doubles Taichi Akaoka/James Ellis (A) bt. Julian Kleiser/Johnson Li (A)

11-4, 11-8, 11-9