For the second straight PPA Tour Asia event, two Vietnamese players are in the Men's Singles semifinals. This time it is on home soil, and it is one storyline among several heading into semifinal Saturday in Hanoi.
Friday's results
Anna Leigh Waters and Anna Bright (USA) ended Chao Yi Wang's unbeaten Women's Doubles record in Asia, beating Wang (TPE) and Brooke Buckner (USA) 11-4, 9-11, 11-8. Wang had won three Women's Doubles golds in 2025. It is Bright's furthest Women's Doubles run in Asia; her only previous attempt ended in the Malaysia Cup quarterfinals.
Federico Staksrud (ARG) outlasted Hong Kit Wong (HKG) 7-11, 11-6, 12-10 in a three-game Men's Singles classic, keeping alive his hunt for a first Asia singles gold after bronze in Hangzhou. Hoang Nam Ly (VIE) dominated Tama Shimabukuro (USA) 11-3, 11-0. The semifinals put the two Vietnamese players on opposite halves: Hien Truong (VIE) against Staksrud, and Ly against Dylan Frazier (USA). All four top Mixed Doubles seeds reached the semifinals: Waters and Johns, Bright and Patriquin, Christian and Alshon, and Black and Tardio.
Event | Round | Winner | Defeated | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Hien Truong (VIE) | Mitchell Hargreaves (AUS) | 11-4, 11-2 |
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Dylan Frazier (USA) | Eric Oncins (BRA) | 11-13, 11-8, 12-10 |
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Federico Staksrud (ARG) | Hong Kit Wong (HKG) | 7-11, 11-6, 12-10 |
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Hoang Nam Ly (VIE) | Tama Shimabukuro (USA) | 11-3, 11-0 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Chao Yi Wang (TPE) | Sahra Dennehy (AUS) | walkover |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Brooke Buckner (USA) | Katie Morris (GBR) | 11-4, 11-3 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Kate Fahey (USA) | Ting Chieh Wei (TPE) | 11-7, 11-1 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Kaitlyn Christian (USA) | Pei-Chuan Kao (TPE) | 11-9, 11-9 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Dylan Frazier (USA) / Eric Oncins (BRA) | Collin Johns (USA) / Len Yang (USA) | 11-4, 11-7 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Gabriel Tardio (BOL) / Ben Johns (USA) | Joseph Wild (AUS) / George Wall (AUS) | 11-7, 11-5 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Hayden Patriquin (USA) / Federico Staksrud (ARG) | Jay Devilliers (FRA) / Pablo Tellez (COL) | 11-3, 11-5 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Tama Shimabukuro (USA) / Jonathan Truong (USA) | Eunggwon Kim (KOR) / Hong Kit Wong (HKG) | 5-11, 12-10, 11-5 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Tina Pisnik (SLO) / Jessie Irvine (USA) | Danni-Elle Townsend (AUS) / Sahra Dennehy (AUS) | 11-9, 9-11, 11-2 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Kaitlyn Christian (USA) / Callie Smith (USA) | Ting Chieh Wei (TPE) / Yufei Long (CHN) | 11-9, 11-3 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Anna Bright (USA) / Anna Leigh Waters (USA) | Brooke Buckner (USA) / Chao Yi Wang (TPE) | 11-4, 9-11, 11-8 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Tyra Black (USA) / Catherine Parenteau (CAN) | Kate Fahey (USA) / Lea Jansen (USA) | 11-5, 11-5 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Anna Leigh Waters (USA) / Ben Johns (USA) | Catherine Parenteau (CAN) / Eric Oncins (BRA) | 11-8, 11-7 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Tyra Black (USA) / Gabriel Tardio (BOL) | Tina Pisnik (SLO) / Dylan Frazier (USA) | 6-11, 11-4, 11-5 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Anna Bright (USA) / Hayden Patriquin (USA) | Kate Fahey (USA) / Federico Staksrud (ARG) | 11-9, 11-9 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Kaitlyn Christian (USA) / Christian Alshon (USA) | Jessie Irvine (USA) / Will Howells (USA) | 11-13, 14-12, 11-8 |
What it means
Staksrud and Truong meet again, a rematch of December's Hangzhou bronze playoff, which Staksrud won 11-9, 2-11, 11-8. Truong reached the MB Vietnam Cup final last year but has never won a singles title on tour; a win here puts him one match away. Ly wants back-to-back Men's Singles golds against Frazier, who beat his own Men's Doubles partner Eric Oncins in Friday's singles quarterfinal before the pair reunited for a doubles semifinal against Hayden Patriquin and Staksrud.
Gabriel Tardio (BOL) and Ben Johns (USA) play the Men's Doubles semifinal together, then face each other in the Mixed Doubles semifinal, Tardio with Tyra Black and Johns with Waters. Bright, who won Mixed Doubles gold at the Panas Malaysia Cup, takes her first deep Women's Doubles run in Asia into the semifinals with Waters. Kaitlyn Christian (USA), a back-to-back Women's Doubles champion in 2025 with Wang, faces Tina Pisnik (SLO) and Jessie Irvine (USA) with new partner Callie Smith.
Saturday order of play
Event | Round | Semifinal |
|---|---|---|
Men's Singles | Semifinals | Federico Staksrud (ARG) vs Hien Truong (VIE) |
Men's Singles | Semifinals | Hoang Nam Ly (VIE) vs Dylan Frazier (USA) |
Women's Singles | Semifinals | Kate Fahey (USA) vs Brooke Buckner (USA) |
Women's Singles | Semifinals | Chao Yi Wang (TPE) vs Kaitlyn Christian (USA) |
Men's Doubles | Semifinals | Gabriel Tardio (BOL) / Ben Johns (USA) vs Dylan Frazier (USA) / Eric Oncins (BRA) |
Men's Doubles | Semifinals | Hayden Patriquin (USA) / Federico Staksrud (ARG) vs Tama Shimabukuro (USA) / Jonathan Truong (USA) |
Women's Doubles | Semifinals | Anna Bright (USA) / Anna Leigh Waters (USA) vs Tina Pisnik (SLO) / Jessie Irvine (USA) |
Women's Doubles | Semifinals | Kaitlyn Christian (USA) / Callie Smith (USA) vs Tyra Black (USA) / Catherine Parenteau (CAN) |
Mixed Doubles | Semifinals | Anna Leigh Waters (USA) / Ben Johns (USA) vs Tyra Black (USA) / Gabriel Tardio (BOL) |
Mixed Doubles | Semifinals | Kaitlyn Christian (USA) / Christian Alshon (USA) vs Anna Bright (USA) / Hayden Patriquin (USA) |
Next on the tour
Championship Sunday closes the tournament. Schedules are on events.thepicklebase.com.