{"id":14234,"date":"2019-05-16T21:28:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T02:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=14234"},"modified":"2019-05-17T09:32:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T14:32:22","slug":"badminton-out-about-htoo-xiong-sangwang-2019-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=14234","title":{"rendered":"Badminton Out & About: Htoo & Xiong\/Sangwang 2019 Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"

HTOO, XIONG\/SANGWANG CHAMPS<\/strong><\/p>\n

State tournament\u00a0 week wrapped up with two new champions in singles and doubles. It was a topsy turvy state championship at Burnsville today with Harding and Central taking home the title. Ester Htoo of Harding won the third singles title for the Knights and is the second player from the school to win a singles title. Pang Thao won back to back titles for Harding in 2006 & 2007. The Central duo of Lisa Xiong and Chia Sangwang broke through to win the first doubles title for the Minutemen. Both Htoo and Xiong\/Sangwang spent time in the top spot in the polls during the spring season. In fact Xiong & Sangwang were the number one pair in doubles in all five polls. They fell to the number three seed after losing in the quarterfinals of the St. Paul City tournament. Htoo moved to the number one spot in week 4 and was there in week 5, but fell to the #5 seed after losing in the the quarterfinals of the St. Paul City Tournament too.<\/p>\n

There were other firsts as well. Edina\u2019s Angel Liang, the runner up in the singles tournament was the first Hornet to make it to the championship in any event. Liang is also the youngest player as a seventh grader to reach the title game.<\/p>\n

Here is the bracketing of the tournament and the results as it is so far entered.<\/p>\n

Here is a link to all the results<\/a><\/p>\n

A SINGLES<\/p>\n

SWEET 16<\/p>\n

Johnson 2 def Eden Prairie 2 21-11, 21-14
\nComo Park 1 def Highland Park 1 21-18, 21-15
\nComo Park 3 def Central 1 21-10, 21-18
\nHarding 1 def Johnson 4 21-11, 21-7
\nJohnson 1 def Humboldt 4 21-18, 21-6
\nEdina 1 def Washington 3 21-10, 21-14
\nWashington 1 def Como Park 2 21-12, 21-19
\nJohnson 3 def Harding 2 21-15, 17-21, 21-16
\nQUARTERS
\nComo Park 1 def Johnson 2 21-18, 21-16
\nHarding 1 def Como Park 3 21-7, 21-11
\nEdina 1 def Johnson 1 21-19, 21-11
\nWashington 1 def Johnson 3 21-14, 21-16
\nSEMIS
\nHarding 1 def Como Park 1 21-17, 21-5
\nEdina 1 def Washington 1 21-17, 21-18
\n3rd
\n<\/sup>Washington 1 def Como Park 1 16-21, 21-14, 21-12
\n1st<\/sup>
\nHarding 1 def Edina 1 21-10, 21-9<\/p>\n

B CHAMP
\nWashington 2 def Humboldt 1 21-15, 15-21, 21-16
\nC CHAMP
\nHarding 4 def Highland Park 2 21-6, 21-13
\nD CHAMP
\nCommunity of Peace 2 def Edina 2 20-22, 21-8, 21-12
\nE CHAMP
\nHighland Park 4 def Burnsville 4 21-12 21-8<\/p>\n

DOUBLES
\nA SWEET 16
\nJohnson 2 def Eden Prairie 2 21-10, 21-13
\nHarding 1 def Washington 2 21-8, 21-10
\nEdina 1 def Central 2 21-11, 14-21, 21-17
\nJohnson 4 def Washburn 1 21-6, 21-14
\nJohnson 1 def Harding 2 21-11, 21-9
\nKennedy 1 def Washington 1 21-3, 21-8
\nCentral 1 def Southwest 1 21-12, 21-12
\nWashington 3 def Johnson 3 21-13, 21-13
\nQUARTERS
\nJohnson 2 def Harding 1 21-10, 21-19
\nJohnson 4 def Edina 1 12-21, 21-19, 23-21
\nJohnson 1 def Kennedy 1 21-9, 16-21, 21-19
\nCentral 1 def Washington 3 21-8, 19-21, 21-14
\nSEMIS
\nJohnson 2 def Johnson 4 21-15, 12-21, 21-17
\nCentral 1 def Johnson 1 21-14, 21-14
\n3rd
\n<\/sup>Johnson 1 def Johnson 4 21-16, 21-13
\n1st
\nCentral 1 def Johnson 2 21-19, 21-11
\nB CHAMP
\nHumboldt 1 def Highland Park 3 21-9, 19-21, 21-19
\nC CHAMP
\nComo Park 1 def Washington 4 21-16, 15-21, 21-15
\nD CHAMP
\nTrinity 3 def Trinity 1 21-19, 21-14<\/p>\n

FIRST SINGLES <\/strong><\/p>\n

ester HTOO 2, angel LIANG 0
\n<\/strong>(21-10, 21-9)<\/p>\n

#5 seed Ester Htoo stopped #7 seed Angel Liang in two sets to earn the 2019 singles title. Htoo slammed the door shut with her side out game. Liang was only able to score four points of her serve and never generated a run. Both players had about the same error count. Htoo had four times as many winners with the smashes and clears counting for 58.6% of the total. Liang\u2019s highest total of winners came in clears and drives with 3. What is noticeable, even though the margin was high, the stroke count was high. Both players had points that went longer than four strokes. There were 25 long rally points compared to 14 on the quick points. If you go back and look at the other matches I charted during the year, that number is usually reversed. Was it due to the length of the event? Each player had four matches today, three after lunch.<\/p>\n

Htoo opened with the serve and milked it for three straight points. The breaking point came on Htoo\u2019s third service where she tacked on seven additional points to build a 13-3 lead. Five of those points came on winners. In that string the stroke count was 5-5-13-8-5 on consecutive points.<\/p>\n

There was no avalanche of points in the second set until the end where Htoo finished with six straight points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Category<\/strong><\/td>\nHTOO<\/strong><\/td>\nLIANG<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Side out<\/td>\n11\/15-.733<\/td>\n5\/16-.313<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Longest side out string<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3+ Runs<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Longest point string<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SERVING<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Service points<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Serving %<\/td>\n.976<\/td>\n1.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Point generated off serve<\/td>\n.643<\/td>\n.211<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
POINTS<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overall points<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Points after 11<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Points after own errors<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
STROKES<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Strokes<\/td>\n174<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Strokes per point<\/td>\n4.143<\/td>\n4.737<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5+ rallies<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2- rallies<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WINNERS<\/strong><\/td>\n29<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aces<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blocks<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clears<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drives<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drops<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soft drives<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smashes<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ERRORS<\/strong><\/td>\n12<\/strong><\/td>\n13<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deep<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Net<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wide<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Serve<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W:E Ratio<\/td>\n2.417<\/td>\n0.538<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Margin<\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Set Point %<\/td>\n2\/4-.500<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time<\/td>\n13:02.07<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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