Anna Leigh Waters, Chris Hayworth, Megan Fudge
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Thousands of people flocked to Naples again to compete in the U.S. Open Kimchi Championship, where a handful of new immigrants won their marks with gold and silver medals.

Here are the results of Saturday’s five championship games at East Naples Community Park, participating in the U.S. Open Pickled Championship Ninth Edition.

Men's professional doubles

Jack Munro and Len Yang. Ryler Deheart and Richard Livornese: It turns out that in the first set, a game close to 14-12 was enough, and for Munro and Young, they were both 21-year-old prodigy, both of whom appeared in the kimchi world. The two finished the game 11-5 in the second set.

That's far from the semi-final match against Armaan Bhatia and Harsh Mehta, who combined the duo into three innings in Friday's 11-6, 7-11, 12-10 matches.

Yang was on the tour for only two years and praised Munro for getting him into the game and the opportunity.

"I have to thank Jack very much," Young said. "I just moved to Austin in February. Jack took my chances in this game. I owe him a lot."

Despite the loss of Deheart and Livornese, the two managed to fall 9-3 in the first set, forcing the game to exceed 11 points.

"We try to calm down and stay in the game more, and it always helps when your partner's eyes aren't real," Livornese said. "…I really like it here."

Female professional doubles

Anna Leigh Waters and Leigh Waters Def. Jillian Braverman and Megan Fudge: Although in a mixed doubles match against tennis legend Andre Agassi in the second round, Anna Leigh Waters won’t deny winning the women’s professional doubles with her mother Leigh.

The mother-daughter duo competed against Jillian Braverman and Fudge to win back-to-back titles in women's professional doubles.

Waters, 18, remains the world's No. 1 Waters, set the tone with his mother early and put pressure on Braverman and Fudge. With both Anna Leigh and Leigh staying hot, the tone was early with an 11-0 win. After a brave effort in second place, an 11-4 game ended in less than 29 minutes.

Mixed doubles

Jack Munro and Megan Fudge. Riley Bohnery and Richard Livornese: Munro and Fudge each managed to end the night with another gold medal, and the two beat Riley Bonari and Richard Levons

"I'm just here to ride," Munro said. "I'm just serving and returning, she's doing everything else...it's one of the best crowds of the whole week."

Professional singles for women

Megan Fudge Def. Bobbi Oshiro: Everyone got into the mistake, and Fudge made things a little easier in the game against Bobbi Oshiro, winning 11-4 and 11-7 after a few uncompulsive mistakes ended up losing the game.

Fudge often keeps Oshiro in the run, which includes a long rallies for a pair. Oshiro fights some of these, but Fudge's precision ends up being too much in the hot heat.

“I just feel like I’m playing chess there,” Fudge said in a post-match interview. "Thanks to my team, my coach gives me notes every morning about how I will attack today. Absolutely thank him in a singles game, which allows me to stay calm and execute his game plan."

Professional singles for men

Chris Hayworth Grayson Goldin: Throughout the game, it was obvious who was the higher and complete player. Hayworth won his first gold at the U.S. Open with a 11-3, 11-6 Goldin shot.

Hayworth often capitalizes the aspects of the game Goldin lacks, moving him side by side and exploiting the network's mistakes. Hayworth's game was a very different game than last year, where he lost to Jack Foster to win the championship.

"Unfortunately, last year, the final was probably one of my worst games of the year," Hayworth said. "I'm not going to come out and play a bad game here. I want to do a show for you guys. It's a great game.

This is not the first game between the two sides this year, as both have seen at least six times so far. Both are also tag team partners and are very familiar throughout the game.

“We warmed up together this morning,” Hayworth said. “We definitely know each other’s games and can do them anytime, anywhere.”

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