

On the morning of Day 2 at the 2015 Edmonton Open, 55 players kicked off the Open Singles event at the Competition Gymnasium of the Saville Community Sports Centre. After six hours of spirited competition the dust settled with two players left standing: Kenny Li of Edmonton and Ioulia Degtiar of Calgary. These two are no strangers to high level table tennis competition in Canada. Li, whose rating is over 3000 was once ranked #2 in Canada and played regularly on the national level. He is currently a table tennis coach for the Alberta Table Tennis Association (ATTA) representing the Edmonton region. Degtiar, a perennial Edmonton Open player, competes actively all over Canada and is currently the #10 ranked woman in Canada. In the end, the skill and experience of Li was too much for Degtiar as he cruised to a 4 to 0 win. This year’s final was the 55th time since 1939 that we’ve crowned an Edmonton Open Champion. Congratulations to Kenny Li. Here are your highlights:

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If you’d like to see the Championship Final in it’s entirety, we’ve got just what you’re looking for…and in four different views: [1] Side View [2] Overhead View [3] Corner View #1 [4] Corner View #2.

ICYMI, enjoy all our previous highlights right here: Day 1/Part 1; Day 1/Part 2; Day 1/Part 3; Day 1/Part 4; Day 2/Junior Novice; Day 2/Open Singles (RR to QFinals); Open Singles/Semi-Finals. Watch Semi-Final #1 or Semi-Final #2 in its entirety.

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The 2015 Edmonton Open Table Tennis Championships took place September 5 and 6 at the Saville Community Sports Centre. The Edmonton Open is an annual tournament organized to Table Tennis Canada’s (TTCAN) 3-star standard and is hosted and run entirely by volunteers of the Edmonton Table Tennis Club (ETTC).