From Malaysia newspaper The Star : Youngsters Bin Shen-Soon Hock crash out in Hong Kong Open first round HONG KONG: Youngsters Tan Bin Shen-Ong Soon Hock’s attempt to break into the world’s top 10 suffered a setback when they crashed out in the first round of the men’s doubles event in the US$250,000 Hong Kong Open at the Elizabeth Stadium here yesterday. The duo, currently ranked 11th, went down 17-15, 15-12 to China’s Zheng Bo-Sun Junjie. Danish Open champions Chan Chong Ming-Koo Kien Keat, Gan Teik Chai-Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif and Wong Choong Hann-Chew Choon Eng will play in the first round today. In the men’s singles, only four Malaysians were in action yesterday. Choong Hann easily cleared the first round, beating England’s Andrew Smith 15-2, 15-7. James Chua wasted the chance to set up a second-round meeting with Choong Hann after losing 15-17, 2-15 to unheralded Poompat Sapkulchanart of Thailand. Two back-up shuttlers – K. Yogendran and Yeoh Kay Bin – also reached the second round. Yogendran defeated Hong Kong’s Hung Yuk Wong 15-7, 15-3 while Kay Bin eliminated Wong Shu Ki, also of Hong Kong, 15-8, 15-11. In the women’s doubles, Ooi Sock Ai-Mooi Hing Yau and Fong Chew Yen-See Phui Leng went down 3-15, 0-15 to China’s Wei Yili-Zhao Tingting. Badminton results *(Matches involving Malaysians only) First round Men's singles: Wong Choong Hann bt Andrew Smith (Eng) 15-2, 15-7; Poompat Sapkulchanart (Tha) bt James Chua 17-15, 15-2; Yeoh Kay Bin bt Wong Shu Ki (Hkg) 15-8, 15-11, K. Yogendran bt Hung Yuk Wong (Hkg) 15-7, 15-3 Men's doubles: Zheng Bo-Sun Junjie (Chn) bt Tan Bin Shen-Ong Soon Hock 17-15, 15-12 Women's doubles: Yang Wei-Zhang Jiewen (Chn) bt Ooi Sock Ai-Mooi Hing Yau 15-3, 15-0; Wei Yili-Zhao Tingting (Chn) bt Fong Chew Yen-See Phui Leng 15-4, 15-4
This Is Ridiculous!! The Hong Kong Open, a 6-star event does not have a functional website, let alone one that updates results. This is absolutely pathetic. We all on BCBF are receiving results in dribs and drabs thanks to members who have managed to scrape them up. My God! This is 2005 (almost 2006). Haven't the HKBA heard of the internet. And they are not the only guilty party. The IBF should mandate compulsory internet access for all their sanctioned events. Surely they know this to their benefit and would help immeasurably with the exposure of the game. Damn, I sure hope things improve. Arrghh!! Now I have vented, I'll get my coat...
You might want to try: http://www.hkbadmintonassn.org.hk/eng/hkopen05.htm The page wouldn't load at this time (updating results?) but the main site is OK.
Try: http://www.hkbadmintonassn.org.hk/hkopen05.htm They have updated the results from yesterday. Johansen www.badminton-nyt.dk
Hafiz has a slight knee injury and had to skip the tournament. Same as Wong Pei Tty who also skipped the tournament because of a slight injury. I'm sure noone wants to take risks.
LAtest results for 2nd november Taufik Hidayat vs Chan Yan-kit 15-9, 15-10 Wong Choong-hann vs Poompat Sapkulchananart 15-2, 15-5 Lin Dan vs Chan Pak-wai 15-1, 15-1 Kuan Beng Kong vs YogendrKelvin Cai 15-2, 15-3an Khrishnan 15-8, 15-4 Chen Hong vs Kelvin Cai 15-2, 15-3 Bao Chun Lai vs Lau Chi-yin 15-1, 15-5 Peter Gade vs Tsai Jai-lin 15-4, 15-1 Yohan Wiratama vs Lee Hyn Ill 15-9, 15-11. Lee Tsuen-seng vs Hafiz Hasyim W/O
Yohan Wiratama vs Lee Hyn Ill 15-9, 15-11. Lee Hyun II? The Indonesia Open Champion? Sa sad ...............
