Hat-tricks for Wang and MacKay at the U13/17 National Championships

Yingfan Wang and Sophie MacKay both bagged a title treble at the U13 National Championships in Glasgow today, while Alfie Martin and Qing Yang Xiao claimed a brace of titles each in the U17 age group.

 

Top seed Wang from Edinburgh beat 3/4 seed Aarav Sinha 21-12 21-13 in the U13 boys’ singles final, having dominated the event by reaching the final without dropping a set.

 

Wang was equally dominant in the doubles events. He and James Huang beat Saathvik Karthick Saravanan and Sumanth Prakash 21-9 21-6 in the final of the doubles before Wang teamed up with MacKay to take the mixed doubles final with a 21-14 21-10 win over Sinha and Dunblane’s Ava Li

 

In the girls’ events, MacKay, the top seed from Thurso, had to work hard for her treble. She opened with a resilient 21-11 14-21 21-7 singles win over Anvita Awasthi (Livingston) before the pair teamed up for an equally hard fought win in the girls’ doubles. They beat second seeds Bhanu Duvvuri (Linlithgow) and Ava Li 22-20 15-21 21-13 in the final.

 

And MacKay rounded off a successful day by winning the mixed with Wang.

 

The titles were more evenly spread at U17 with six different players getting their hands on a trophy.

 

Martin and Charlie Junnor scored a dominant 21-7 21-6 final win over Adam Li and Max McCabe in the boys’ doubles, before Xiao and Ingrid Wang came from a set down to win the girls’ doubles, beating Jaagruti Mannem and Shreya Vargheese 20-22 21-5 21-6 in the final.

 

That win for Xiao in the doubles helped to make up for singles disappointment when top seed Mannem beat her in the final, 21-17 21-12.

 

Martin had experienced his own singles disappointment as top seed Arnav Saraswat from Aberdeen won their final encounter 21-18 21-16.

 

And in the last match of the day, Martin and Xiao beat McCabe and Vargheese 21-10 21-13 to take the mixed doubles.

 

Badminton Scotland would like to thank BSCO for providing umpires and linejudges throughout the weekend, as well as the Referee and Match Control team of Colin Campbell, John Holland and Hugh Ainsley.

 

Full results can be found at https://badmintonscotland.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=59b49c86-a928-42a0-90f9-18f18e621523