As the individual competition kicked off there were many celebrations to be heard as athletes were victorious throughout the day. As with all sport, some also had to face elimination. A tough lesson for anyone, but a necessary part of it.

Preliminary rounds were played in Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles throughout the morning and into the early afternoon, followed by Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, and Mixed doubles into the evening. In a surprise fashion, all of the seeds in the Men’s Singles advanced into the Quarter Final round, which begins at 9:00am the following day.

In the Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles, results came in fairly textbook. All seeded teams advanced through to the Quarter Finals tomorrow morning. There will be some exciting clashes as they begin to enter to each other’s side of the draw.

There was a noticeable amount of attention from spectators as they poured into the stands to watch. Positive feed back from both players and fans has been well received by the Games and its volunteers.

Results

Men’s Singles:

Antonio Li, of Victoria, advances to the Quarter Finals.  Winning his matches 21-8, 21-10, 21-5 and 21-10.

Women’s Singles:

Wendy Zhang, of Richmond, advances to the Quarter Finals.  Winning her matches 21-12, 21-6, 21-2 and 21-3.

Men’s Doubles:

Kinsley Lu, of Coquitlam, and Kevin Luo, of Richmond, advance to the Quarter Finals.  Winning their matches 21-17, 21-12, 21-19 and 21-16.

Women’s Doubles:

Katie Ngai, of Richmond, and Jenna Wong, of Surrey, advance to the Quarter Finals.  Winning their match 21-10 and 21-3.

Mixed Doubles:

No BC athletes move forward

Next Up: FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Men’s Singles Quarter Finals go at 9:40 am at Gary W Harris

Women’s Singles Quarter Finals go at 9:15 am at Gary W Harris

Men’s Doubles Quarter Finals go at 10:45 am at Gary W Harris

Women’s Doubles Quarter Finals go at 10:00 am at Gary W Harris

Quarter Finals begin tomorrow morning at 9:00am, followed by then Semi-Finals in the afternoon at 3:00pm.