Following on from wins against New Caledonia and New Zealand, the Australian men’s trio of Luke Cosgriff, Rohan Dhooria and Erny Tsao recorded 5-0 victories over Tahiti and Tuvalu, either side of a 3-2 success at the expense of Kiribati/Vanuatu. 

The women’s team, comprising Madeline Goodsell, Peng Kaii and Sarah Tan, saw off the challenge of New Caledonia and New Zealand and made it four wins out of four after overcoming both Fiji and French Polynesia 5-0.

New Zealand finished second in both the men’s and women’s team groups and will meet Australia in tomorrow’s gold medal matches.

The Kiwis’ only defeats came against Australia.

Tomorrow’s action is due to see the men’s singles competitors take to the tables for the first time as Oceania’s best players battle for berths at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The top 20 players have been split into four pools of five for the round-robin preliminary matches.

Australian number one David Powell is the top seed in group one, while compatriot Wade Townsend is in group two where his biggest threat will most likely be New Zealand’s Tengteng Liu.

The man to beat in group three will be Australia’s Chris Xin Yan, whose team-mates Hu Hemming and Kane Townsend are both in group four.

The women’s singles competition is due to start on Wednesday (March 23) with Australia’s Jian Fang Lay, Sally Zhang, Zhenhua Dederko and Melissa Tapper the number one seeds in the four groups.

Tapper is aiming to become the first Australian to appear at both the Paralympics and Olympic Games.

The 25-year-old appeared in the Paralympics at London 2012 and narrowly missed out on a bronze medal, losing in the third/fourth place play-off to China's Lei Fan in the class ten women's singles.

Tapper has Erb's palsy, which has caused paralysis in her right arm, but is still ranked third among able-bodied players in Australia.