Connor Garnett has not dropped a game all week. On Saturday he meets Kenta Miyoshi, who has already shared a court with Ben Johns this year and will not be scared by a perfect record.
TING CHIEH WEI✓ALBIE HUANGFriday's results
Garnett (USA) reached the semifinals in all three of his events without conceding a game. Top seed Yufei Long (CHN) needed more than an hour to get past Danni-Elle Townsend (AUS) 7-11, 11-4, 11-8. Ting Chieh Wei (TPE) produced the escape of the tournament, saving two match points from 4-10 down against Hsiang Wen Huang (TPE) to win 11-2, 7-11, 12-10.
Miyoshi (JPN) came from a game down to beat 14-year-old Tama Shimabukuro (USA) 4-11, 11-4, 11-5, then reached the Men's Doubles semifinals with Robert Stirling (AUS) by beating Andrew Pham and Lim Guang Sian (MAS) 11-5, 11-9.
Event | Round | Winner | Defeated | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Connor Garnett (USA) | Aryaan Bhatia (IND) | 11-4, 11-3 |
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Hong Kit Wong (HKG) | Nasa Hatakeyama (JPN) | 11-7, 11-6 |
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Phuc Huynh (VIE) | Lucas Pascoe (AUS) | 11-3, 11-3 |
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Kenta Miyoshi (JPN) | Tama Shimabukuro (USA) | 4-11, 11-4, 11-5 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Sahra Dennehy (AUS) | Seina Shima (JPN) | 11-0, 11-5 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Yufei Long (CHN) | Danni-Elle Townsend (AUS) | 7-11, 11-4, 11-8 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Ting Chieh Wei (TPE) | Albie Huang (TPE) | 11-2, 7-11, 12-10 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Yu-Chieh Hsieh (TPE) | Nicola Schoeman (AUS) | 11-4, 11-4 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Eunggwon Kim (KOR) / Hong Kit Wong (HKG) | Marco Leung (MAC) / Ryan Lam (HKG) | 11-4, 11-8 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Aryaan Bhatia (IND) / Prycen Haas (USA) | Braden Jacobson (USA) / Andrew Caldarella (USA) | 11-3, 11-5 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Connor Garnett (USA) / Tyler Loong (USA) | Thomas Yu (CHN) / Len Yang (USA) | 11-6, 13-11 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Kenta Miyoshi (JPN) / Robert Stirling (AUS) | Andrew Anh Pham (VIE) / Guangsian Lin (TPE) | 11-5, 11-9 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Pei-Chuan Kao (TPE) / Allyce Jones (USA) | Connie Lee (KOR) / Sahra Dennehy (AUS) | 11-1, 11-2 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Ting Chieh Wei (TPE) / Yufei Long (CHN) | Yung-Hsin Tseng (TPE) / Kwan Wun Man (HKG) | 11-2, 11-0 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Danni-Elle Townsend (AUS) / Nicola Schoeman (AUS) | Rika Fujiwara (JPN) / Kei Sawaki (JPN) | 11-3, 11-2 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Yu-Chieh Hsieh (TPE) / Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall (USA) | Kaifen Yi (TPE) / Ting Wen Wang (TPE) | 11-4, 11-6 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Allyce Jones (USA) / Connor Garnett (USA) | Yufei Long (CHN) / Prycen Haas (USA) | 11-4, 11-3 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Ting Wen Wang (TPE) / Eunggwon Kim (KOR) | Isha Lakhani (IND) / Jimmy Liong Kai Long (MAS) | 11-7, 11-4 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Danni-Elle Townsend (AUS) / Lucas Pascoe (AUS) | Sahra Dennehy (AUS) / Hong Kit Wong (HKG) | 11-7, 12-10 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Ting Chieh Wei (TPE) / Len Yang (USA) | Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall (USA) / Tama Shimabukuro (USA) | 11-3, 11-2 |
What it means
Miyoshi is the clear underdog against Garnett, but he brings experience of elite PPA Tour opponents, having faced Ben Johns at the Texas Open earlier this year. He also plays the Men's Doubles semifinal with Stirling against Aryaan Bhatia (IND) and Prycen Haas (USA). Stirling won Hong Kong Open Mixed Doubles gold last week alongside Miyoshi's wife, Aiko Yoshitomi (JPN).
Garnett and Wei are both still alive in all three of their events. In Women's Singles, Long meets PPA Tour Asia debutant Sahra Dennehy (AUS), who qualified for January's PPA Tour Masters in the US and met Anna Leigh Waters in the round of 32 there. Hong Kong Open champion Hong Kit Wong (HKG) chases a second straight title, but first has to get past Phuc Huynh (VIE), fourth at January's PPA Tour Australian Open.
Saturday's semifinals
Event | Round | Semifinal |
|---|---|---|
Men's Singles | Semifinals | Connor Garnett (USA) vs Kenta Miyoshi (JPN) |
Men's Singles | Semifinals | Hong Kit Wong (HKG) vs Phuc Huynh (VIE) |
Women's Singles | Semifinals | Yufei Long (CHN) vs Sahra Dennehy (AUS) |
Women's Singles | Semifinals | Ting Chieh Wei (TPE) vs Yu-Chieh Hsieh (TPE) |
Men's Doubles | Semifinals | Connor Garnett (USA) / Tyler Loong (USA) vs Eunggwon Kim (KOR) / Hong Kit Wong (HKG) |
Men's Doubles | Semifinals | Aryaan Bhatia (IND) / Prycen Haas (USA) vs Kenta Miyoshi (JPN) / Robert Stirling (AUS) |
Women's Doubles | Semifinals | Yu-Chieh Hsieh (TPE) / Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall (USA) vs Danni-Elle Townsend (AUS) / Nicola Schoeman (AUS) |
Women's Doubles | Semifinals | Pei-Chuan Kao (TPE) / Allyce Jones (USA) vs Ting Chieh Wei (TPE) / Yufei Long (CHN) |
Mixed Doubles | Semifinals | Allyce Jones (USA) / Connor Garnett (USA) vs Ting Wen Wang (TPE) / Eunggwon Kim (KOR) |
Mixed Doubles | Semifinals | Danni-Elle Townsend (AUS) / Lucas Pascoe (AUS) vs Ting Chieh Wei (TPE) / Len Yang (USA) |
Next on the tour
Championship Sunday closes Fukuoka before the tour heads to Vietnam for the MB Vietnam Open, September 4 to 7 in Ho Chi Minh City. Schedules are on events.thepicklebase.com.