Badminton: Garden Grove’s Hoang wins girls’ singles title

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Garden Grove’s Thuy Hoang and Hacienda Heights Wilson’s Qiu-ming Wu proved that the girls’ singles finals was the finals match to watch.

After losing in the finals each of the last two seasons, top-seeded Hoang, pictured, finally broke through and won her first Southern Section-Toyota badminton individuals championship, but needed three sets to do it, winning, 11-1, 6-11, 11-4.

Second-seeded Wu had only lost only one point the entire day as she headed into the finals at the Orange County Badminton Club. She was tough, but Hoang proved tougher.

Hoang’s drop shots and ability to set the pace proved the difference. Both girls are juniors, so it’s quite possible they will meet in the finals again next year.

-- Jaime Cardenas

-- Image by Jaime Cardenas