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2016 Butterfly LA Open Tournament

2016 Butterfly LA Open Tournament

2016 Butterfly LA Open
September 3 & 4, 2016
10410 Valley Blvd.
El Monte, California

The 2016 Butterfly LA Open 4-Star USA Table Tennis sanctioned tournament wrapped up today in El Monte, California.

Congratulations Vladimir Samsonov, 2016 Butterfly LA Open Champion!

Congratulations Vladimir Samsonov - 2016 Butterfly LA Open Singles Champion!

OPEN SINGLES
Final:
 Vladimir Samsonov def. Huo Yingchao 4-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-3, 11-7)
Semifinal #1:  Vladimir Samsonov def. Bob Chen 4-2  (11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 12-14, 14-12)
Semifinal #2: Huo Yingchao def. Tao Wenzhang 4-3 (5-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-8, 3-11, 11-7, 11-8)

Huo Yingchao - 2016 Butterfly LA Open Singles Runner-up

Huo Yingchao – 2016 Butterfly LA Open Singles Runner-up

WOMEN’S SINGLES
Congratulations Zha Wenting, 2016 Butterfly LA Open Women’s Singles Champion!

Zha Wenting - 2016 Butterfly LA Open Women's Singles Champion

Zha Wenting – 2016 Butterfly LA Open Women’s Singles Champion

Final: Zha Wenting def. Grace Yang
Semifinal #1: Grace Yang def. Li Ruini 3-2 (11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 11-8)
Semifinal #2:
Grace Yang def. Li Ruini 3-1 (7-11, 11-8, 14-12, 11-9)

Grace Yang - 2016 Butterfly LA Open Women's Singles Runner-up

Grace Yang – 2016 Butterfly LA Open Women’s Singles Runner-up

OPEN DOUBLES
Congratulations Tao Wenzhang & Bob Chen, 2016 Butterfly LA Open Doubles Champions!

Final:
 Tao Wenzhang / Bob Chen def. Yuan Xiao Jie / Jeff Huang 3-2 (11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 3-11, 11-8)

Check out more results, video stream, and photos below.

Finals – September 4th

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Event

First Place

Second Place

Under 4500 Doubles

Truong Manh Tu / Han V. Nguyen

Jeff Huang / Vincent Lo

Under 18 RR

Nikhil Kumar

Dianren Wei

Open Doubles

 Tao Wenzhang / Bob Chen

 Yuan Xiao Jie / Jeff Huang

Under 1750 RR

Wenfang Lei

Kenny Tien

Under 2500 RR

Nicholas Tio

Ge Chi

Under 1550 RR

Yerim Song

Rohan Kumar

Over 40 RR

Tuan Dai Le MD

Timothy Nasseir

Under 1350 RR

Yang Hua

Henry Lao

Women’s Singles

Zha Wenting

Grace Yang

Open Singles RR

Vladimir Samsonov

Huo Yingchao

Under 3800 Doubles

Ronald Arellano / Cailong Yun

Thanh Tran / Anh Quoc Duy Nguyen

Under 12 Jrs RR

Mudit Mahajan

Ted Chensheng Li

Under 2050 RR

Mudit Mahajan

Thong Nguyen

Under 2250 RR

Edison Huang

Jozon Lavilla

Under 1900 RR

Huy Doan

Brian Sun

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