Tilu News Coverage: Hong Kong Team’s Success and Struggles in the Asian Badminton Championships

2024-04-10 14:52:10

[Tilu News]The first round of the Asian Badminton Championships started in Ningbo, China today (10th), and the Hong Kong team had both good and bad times. The Hong Kong mixed doubles team “Tang Chia Pair” Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet and Li Jinxi/Ng Zhirou easily passed the qualifying teams. In the men’s singles, the two Hong Kong players Lee Cheuk Yiu and Ng Ka Long also met Japanese players in the first round, but their fate Differently, Lee Cheuk-yao defeated Watanabe Kouki in straight sets to advance to the second round. Ng Ka-long faced the Japanese rising star Kodai Naraoka who reached the World Championship finals last year. After a fierce battle, he lost 0:2 and stopped in the first round.

Deng Junwen (front)/Xie Yingxue (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)Deng Junwen (front)/Xie Yingxue (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Deng Junwen (front)/Xie Yingxue (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

“Deng Sheipei”, ranked 8th in the world, has never played against the UAE combination Kuswanto KUSWANTO/Sreeyuktha SREEJITH PAROL, ranked 92nd in the world, and the latter did not pose much threat to “Deng Sheipei”. The Hong Kong team started the first game Even after being caught up to 10:8 after 10:4, “Deng Xie Pei” remained calm and opened the lead again to 20:9, and took the lead at 21:13. In the second game, the Hong Kong team’s combination was even more skillful. They started with a wave of 8:0, and even stretched it to 19:3. Finally, they won another game with 21:7. After successfully advancing to the second round, they will meet the Japanese combination Yuki Kaneko. / Misaki Matsutomo.

Deng Junwen (back)/Xie Yingxue (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)Deng Junwen (back)/Xie Yingxue (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Deng Junwen (back)/Xie Yingxue (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Deng Junwen (right)/Xie Yingxue (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)Deng Junwen (right)/Xie Yingxue (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Deng Junwen (right)/Xie Yingxue (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Hong Kong team’s other mixed doubles pair Li Jinxi/Ng Zhirou tonight faced the Indian pair Sathish Kumar KARUNAKARAN/Aadya VARIYATH who advanced in the qualifying round. They also did not face much test. They took the initiative in the first game and maintained the lead. They won the first game at 21:12. Although they were led by their opponents 3:5 in the early stages of the second game, the Hong Kong team quickly adjusted their status to tie 5:5, and then gradually opened up the advantage, and finally won another game at 21:13 to advance. Second circle.

Li Zhuoyao successfully advanced to the second round.  (Picture: Badminton Asian Championship official website)Li Zhuoyao successfully advanced to the second round.  (Picture: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Li Zhuoyao successfully advanced to the second round. (Picture: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Li Zhuoyao (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)Li Zhuoyao (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Li Zhuoyao (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Watanabe Koki (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)Watanabe Koki (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Watanabe Koki (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

In men’s singles, Lee Cheuk-yiu, ranked 14th in the world, met Watanabe Koki, ranked 21st in the world, in the first round. The two met three times last year. Hong Kong will have a slight advantage with two wins. Today, Lee Cheuk-yiu also took the initiative on the court, with a big win in the first game. It maintained the lead for part of the time, even leading by 12:4, and finally took the lead at 21:16. In the second round, the two sides fought to 4:4. After that, Li Zhuoyao pulled away 14:8, but was chased by Watanabe Koki for 7 points to lead 14:15. Fortunately, Li Zhuoyao calmed down and gradually fought back to take the lead again, and won another game at 21:18. After successfully advancing, he will meet the famous Indonesian player Kishiti in the second round.

Ng Ka Long (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)Ng Ka Long (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Ng Ka Long (Photo: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Ng Ka Long stopped in the first round of the Asian Championships.  (Picture: Badminton Asian Championship official website)Ng Ka Long stopped in the first round of the Asian Championships.  (Picture: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Ng Ka Long stopped in the first round of the Asian Championships. (Picture: Badminton Asian Championship official website)

Another strong men’s singles player of the Hong Kong team, Wu Jialang, ranked 26th in the world, failed to have the last laugh when he met the Japanese rising star Kodai Naraoka, ranked 6th in the world. Wu Jialang led until 8:4 in the early stages of the first game, and Nara Gang Gongda immediately scored 9 points in a row to take the lead at 8:13. Although Ng Ka Long immediately tied up at 16:16, he failed to maintain his stamina and lost the first game at 18:21. In the second game, Wu Jialang kept controlling his opponent, and finally lost another game at 14:21, missing the chance to advance.

Text: Jia Zhaozhi

This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “Badminton Asian Championships|Hong Kong team’s mixed doubles combination successfully advanced to Lee Cheuk-yao and Ng Ka-lang’s fate was very different

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