2018 AZBC ARIZONA BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

Hitomi and Hiroki Sato, Open Women Singles & Open Men Singles Champions, and Open Mixed Champions together!

Apr 14 & 21, 2018, Mesa... The 7th annual Arizona Badminton Championships were held at the Arizona Badminton Center over two Saturdays. The competition was the deepest ever with 100 competitors battling it out in more than 20 events, including the signature Open Women and Men Singles, Open Women and Men Doubles, and Open Mixed Doubles. The open champions are forever etched on the large perpetual plaque in the lobby at the Arizona Badminton Center!

The stars of this year's state championship tournament were the husband and wife team of Hiroki and Hitomi Sato, who won the Open Mixed Doubles together, and the Open Men Singles and Open Women Singles titles individually. The Open Women Doubles was won by Ashley Nam and My Ta. The Open Men Doubles title went to Tejas Ashani and Hirokazu Sato. All of the draws were extremely difficult highlighted by numerous 3-game matches.

There were also Kids events in singles, doubles and mixed for the under 11 and under 14 age groups, "B" level adult events, and Senior events for 40 and older!

Here are the complete results:

The results for the Open Championship events:

Open Women Singles- Hitomi Sato def. Wey Lyn Lee, 21-15, 21-11

Open Men Singles- Hiroki Sato def. Hirokazu Sato, 21-19, 21-15

Open Women Doubles- Ashley Nam & My Ta def. Fion Huang & Wey Lyn Lee, 16-21, 21-18, 22-20

Open Men Doubles- Tejas Ashani & Hirokazu Sato def. Neil Chen & Rick Nguyen, 21-15, 21-15

Open Mixed Doubles- Hiroki & Hitomi Sato def. Duc Dinh & My Ta, 21-19, 21-19.

KIDS EVENTS WINNERS: U11 Girls Singles- Nihira Sane; U11 Boys Singles- Karthik Raman; U11 Boys Doubles- Samarth Dunarhe/Karthik Raman; U14 Girls Singles- Jordyn Mee; U14 Boys Singles- Karthik Raman; U14 Girls Doubles- Jordyn Mee/Nihira Sane; U14 Boys Doubles- Dominic Kwan & Kiseki Hashimoto; U14 Mixed Doubles- Dominic Kwan & Kiseki Hashimoto

"B" & SENIOR EVENTS WINNERS: "B" Women Singles- Madi Duyck; "B" Men Singles- Aaron Schneider; Senior Men Singles- Aaron Schneider; "B" Women Doubles- Isabel Honzay/Payton Foti; "B" Men Doubles- Huanian Zhang/Zhenhua Lu; Senior Men Doubles- Chacko Kuruvilla/Aaron Schneider; "B" Mixed Doubles- Davis Zhang/Fion Huang; Senior Mixed Doubles- Marcus Allen/Sherry Yuan