DC Open 2009 Results

Hoo boy. Another year, another DC Open.

The Drexel Badminton Team was at the University of Maryland once again for DC Open 2009 from January 9-11, 2009. The tournament ran like a well-oiled machine and competition was enjoyably intense.

We stayed at the Clarion Inn where bed bugs were kept to a minimum this time around. 70 bones a night for a double room with free breakfast but the free WiFi was inexplicably down.

The tournament results are here. Drexel Badminton highlights:

• Chern-Hooi Lim - Men's Singles - B Level Semifinalist
• Xiang Mao - Women's Singles - A Level Quarterfinalist
• Anna Luong - Women's Singles - B Level Semifinalist
• An Nguyen - Women's Singles - B Level Finalist
  
  
• Peter Thai & Zdravko Tyankov - Men's Doubles - B Level Quarterfinalists
• Henrik Lam & Chern-Hooi Lim - Men's Doubles - B Level Quarterfinalists
• Anna Luong & An Nguyen - Women's Doubles - B Level Semifinalists
• Xiang Mao - Women's Doubles - B Level Finalists
• Chern-Hooi Lim & An Nguyen - Mixed Doubles - B Level Quarterfinalists
  
  
• Peter Thai - Men's Singles - C Level Quarterfinalist
• Vincent Kan - Men's Singles - D Level Semifinalist
• Sara White - Women's Singles - D Level Quarterfinalist
  
  
• Vincent Kan & Chunyin Li - Men's Doubles - D Level Quarterfinalists
• Linh Thanh Bui & Artur Vieira - Men's Doubles - D Level Quarterfinalists
• Sara White - Women's Doubles - D Level Semifinalists

Congratulations to our noted Drexel players and to all participants as well.
Peter Teuben, tournament coordinator, has his photos here.
My photos, centered mainly around Drexel, of course, are here.

Looking forward to next year's DC Open.

-VK