(Courtesy of Dan Seemiller)
South Shore Sports & Butterfly Championships 2017 Results
The 14th South Shore/ Butterfly Open was held October 28/29. 200 competitors competed on the 30 Butterfly tables in this northwest Indiana town just 30 miles from Chicago.
Yichi Zhang won the Open $1,000. prize over surprise finalist Jingxu Yang. Miss Yang down 0-3 to #1 seed Adar Alguetti stormed back to win 4-3. Jeff Yamada from Lindenwood lost a 7 game thriller versus Yichi in the quarters.
In the Wasserman juniors Adar Alguetti won 1st place and the $1,000. prize. He was tested by Roger Liu but won the match 3-2 in the semifinals. Ali Khatami the tall,long armed defender from Ohio upset Tianming Xie from Texas to reach the final. Adar won the final 3-1. $500. 2nd prize for Ali.
In the 18 girls Rachel Zhou upset under 15 champion Sarah Jalli to reach the final versus Maria Sirakova. Maria won the final in a tense 5 game match. Maria was also 2nd to Sarah Jalli in the 15
girls and won a total of $1,200. to help her further her table tennis career.Madison Chao played a close 4th game deuce in the other semifinal versus Maria.
Tianming Xie won the 15 boys over Sid Naresh and $500. Sid won the 13 boys over his 10 year old brother Nandan. Sarveen Khatami defeated Katherine Fang for the 13 and under girls title
Many thanks to Si Wasserman for his generous sponsorship of the junior and Cadet events and to South Shore Sports and Butterfly.