Gallant, Ford win two championships

Spencer Gallant and Hayden Ford walked away from a recent Badminton P.E.I. senior tournament with two titles each.

Gallant won the men’s doubles and mixed doubles while Ford took home the women’s singles and women’s doubles, with impressive performances from the teenagers.

The event took place at Immanuel Christian School in Charlottetown.

SINGLES

In very competitive men’s singles play, Daniel Breau won his first championship title. Breau took a tough semifinal versus Yinxiao

Chen 2-0 (23-21, 21-17) to advance to the final.

In the other half of the draw, Dylan Batchilder took the battle with No. 2 seed, Neil Moore, 2-0 (22-20, 2119) in his opening game and then defeated Gallant 2-1 (2117, 16-21, 21-18).

Some wicked shot-making and endurance highlighted the final, with Breau finally defeating Batchilder 2-0 (2118, 23-21). Patrick Walsh was the consolation winner.

In women’s round-robin play, Ford won all three of her matches, with her opponents only scoring a maximum of 12 points in any game. Emma Hughes defeated Adelle Breau 2-0 (21-18, 2113) and Torey MacDonald

2-0 (21-19, 21-17) to come second.

MacDonald defeated Breau 2-0 (21-12, 21-13) for third place.

DOUBLES

In the men’s doubles semifinals, Batchilder/Gallant teamed up to beat Mark Brown/Aaron Leblanc in a gritty performance. Scores were 18-21, 21-15, 21-17.

In the other semifinal, Breau/Patrick Walsh defeated Sam Pan/Qingping Wen, 2118, 21-12. Batchilder/Gallant won the title, 2-0 (21-17, 2117). Yan Wang/Chen Zhonglian won the consolation 2-0 (21-10, 21-17).

In women’s doubles, Ford/ Hughes won both of their matches for the title with wins over Breau/MacDonald and Kimmy Chen/Jingxi Hou. Breau/MacDonald took second.

MIXED DOUBLES

In mixed doubles, Gallant/ Breau easily won their semifinal against Wang/Hou 2-0 (21-7, 21-7). Brown/Hughes prevailed in a tough semifinal against Wen/Chen 2-1 (1621, 21-16, 21-13). The epic final was won by Gallant/ Breau 2-1 (21-15, 15-21, 2112). The consolation winners were Tom Pham/Thi Pham.

UNDER-17

There was a small entry for under-17 events as Tom Pham defeated Mitchell Ford 2-0 (21-15, 21-18) to win the boys singles title.

In girls’ singles, Chen won both of her round-robin matches to win the title.

Thi Tham defeated Chuyue Zhang to come second.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Emma Hughes, third left, and Hayden Ford, third right, teamed up to win the women’s doubles championship at a recent Badminton P.E.I. senior tournament in Charlottetown. Adelle Breau, left, and Torey MacDonald, second left, finished second while Kimmy Chen, second right, and Jingxi Hou, right, were the third-place team.