The 2022 S-Trend Sportswear Victorian Open Championships concluded on Sunday after back-to-back weekends of fantastic table tennis at MSAC.

Six-time Olympian Jian Fang Lay (Albert Park) took home the Open Women’s Singles title after some fantastic matches. Lay cleared her group stage without dropping a set but had to work hard for a comeback victory against Dandenong’s Qian Yang after going down three sets to one in their semi-final. The pair put on a fantastic seven set match for onlookers that included a 4^th set that went to 20. Lay fought back to win the last three sets before going on to defeat Dandenong’s Li Na Lei in a five-set final.

Dandenong’s Ma Lin claimed the Open Men’s Singles title continuing his blistering form that saw him take out the Ballarat Open earlier this month.

His tournament started off well as he cruised to three straight sets victories in the group stage, before winning a further three matches without dropping a set to make the final. Croydon’s Aditya Sareen managed to grab the third set from Lin in the decider but ultimately went down 4-1 to the eventual champion.

Croydon’s Sanish Ambekar and TTV’s own Yugandh Zende (Croydon) won the Open Men’s Doubles while Coburg’s Chrysela Gracias and Dandenong’s Ellen Walker took home the Open Women’s Doubles, Walker’s 3^rd doubles title of the weekend.

Rory Carroll (Ballarat) defeated Coburg’s Trevor Hirth to win the Para Singles State Title while also claiming the Para Doubles with Geelong’s Simon Baxter.

FULL SENIOR RESULTS

The juniors were on show on Saturday with a record 136 entrants coming through the doors at MSAC. Croydon’s Aditya Sareen was one of the big winners, coming away with the U/15 and U/17 Boy’s Singles titles as well as the U/15 Boy’s, U/17 Boy’s and U/15/17/19 Mixed Doubles championships.

Western Australia’s Chelsea Wu also won multiple titles with wins in the U/13 Girl’s Singles, U/13 Girl’s and U/13 Mixed Doubles. As did her doubles partner Serena Zhang (Croydon) who won the U/11 Girl’s Singles, U/11 and U/13 Girl’s Doubles. Jasmine Wu also won a pair of titles with wins in the U/17 Girl’s Singles and Doubles.

Geelong’s Richard Li and Dandenong’s Parleen Kaur took home the U/19 Singles. With Esme Ho (U/15 Girl’s), Navik Rathnasinghe (U/13 Boy’s), Riva Li (U/9 Singles & Doubles) and Omar Thabet (U/11 Boy’s) taking out the remainder of the singles titles.

FULL JUNIOR RESULTS

The Easter long weekend saw the Veterans hit the tables to contest their state titles. Tarneit’s Shibaji Datta won the O/30 Men’s singles and doubles while Cheryl Huang (Coburg) won the O/30 Women’s singles and doubles both pairing with Coburg’s Craig Carter for their double’s victories.

Warrnambool’s Simon Johnson won three titles including the O/40 Men’s singles and the O/40 Men’s and Mixed doubles. Lydia Liu (Albert Park) took home the O/40 Women’s singles.

Brian Berry (St Kilda Cricket) and Geelong’s Debbie Wilson each claimed three titles as well. Brian winning the O/60 Men’s singles and both O/50 Doubles titles while Debbie won O/60 Women’s singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.

Winning the rest of the Vets singles titles were Adrien Shnier (O/50 MS), Aviva Bradley (O/50 WS), Herman Pekel (O/65 MS), Jeanne Strong (O/65 WS), Ken Dawber (O/70 MS), Bob Bowler (O/75 MS), Igor Klaff (O/80 MS) and Case De Bondt (O/85 MS)

FULL VETERANS’ RESULTS

“It was fantastic to have the Victorian Open back in full swing over the last couple of weekends. It was a pleasure watching all of our new state champions!” Said TTV’s Events and Clubs Officer Claire Montgomery who ran both weekends superbly.

“The juniors in particular should pat themselves on the back for their turnout, 136 junior entries are more than I can recall at any Vic Open ever and it’s great to see so many kids from all over Victoria enjoying tournament table tennis.” She said.

Next up on the State Tournament Circuit is the 2022 Bendigo Open Championships with registration closing this Friday April 29!