YONEX Northern Marianas Open begins | PHOTOS

The first of three international badminton tournaments, the YONEX Northern Marianas Open, got off to a strong start at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium today, Tuesday, July 14, with three NMI players winning their matches and nearly all seeded players advancing out of the Round of 64.

Tomorrow, doubles partners will take the court alongside the Round of 32 singles matches.

Results of NMI players at press time:

Jude Dominguez Mallari def. Sean Paul Cortuna Dizon: 21-10, 21-17

Evan Seguritan def. Andre Zapata: 21-12, 21-14

Lina Tsukagoshi def. Disha Gupta (4) via walkover

Results of seeded players at press time:

Wang Yu-Kai (1) def. Chee Jaylon: 21-6, 21-6

Ella Lin (1) def. Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye: 21-10, 21-13

Tonrug Saeheng (2) def. Mikaela Joy De Guzman: 21-14, 17-21, 21-17

Shogo Ogawa (2) def. Chen Yu Cheng: 21-10, 21-18

Lee So Yul (3) def. Anja Blazina: 21-7, 21-8

Tadej Jelenc (4) def. Minul Moain Wu Hoque: 21-3, 21-6

Nana Hisaminato def. Imad Farooqui Samiya (5): 21-17, 22-20

Park Sang Yong (5) def. Daniell Mar Jaylo Pablo: 21-1, 21-0

Sakura Masuki (6) def. Huang Sheng-Chun: 21-14, 9-21, 21-12

Garret Tan (7) def. Koshiro Moriguchi: 21-19, 21-18

Yuan Chi Liao (7) def. Genelyn Joy Mirando Lansangan: 21-4, 21-4

Lee Xin Yi Megan ( def. Airi Oku: 21-6, 21-13

Kim Byung Jae (9) def. Xiaodong Sheng: 21-17, 21-12

Riku Hatano (10) def. Kee Is Qian: 21-12, 21-13

Zhe Ying Wu (11) def. Chee Hong Wei: 21-10, 21-18

Kuo Kuan Lin (13) def. Wei Hong Low: 21-8, 21-10

Huan Kai Hern (14) def. Tung Jui Hsu: 21-16, 21-12

Koo Takahashi (15) def. Rylan Tan: 21-9, 25-23

Rei Miyashita def. Enrico Keoni Asuncion (16): 21-17, 21-9

Stay tuned for more coverage of this tournament. Photos by Leigh Gases

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