Otago has shown its continued class in badminton women’s doubles.
Lucy Thomsen and Pingkan Polak combined to win their fifth consecutive title at the South Island-Otago Open in Dunedin over the weekend.
Coming off a win at last weekend’s Wellington Open, the duo beat Jeimi Cornejo and Tegan West, 21-16, 21-14 in the final.
That followed a semifinal which included a marathon second set, the Otago duo winning out 26-24 over Adithi Alexander and Claudia Smith to progress to the final in straight sets.
Wellington North’s Luke Falvey claimed his third triple crown — titles in the singles, doubles and mixed doubles — of the season, having also done so at the Wellington and Manawatu Opens.
Falvey claimed a dominant 21-11, 21-11 win over Jake Dickson in the men’s singles final. He also teamed with Jun Kit Ng to beat Dylan Chan and Ryan Wong 21-16, 21-18 in the men’s doubles final.
He completed the triple crown when he combined with women’s singles champion Jenny Zhu to win the mixed doubles 15-21, 21-17, 21-12 over top seeds Avinash Shastri and Tegan Weston.
