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As YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Badminton Championships 2018 draws to a close at the Hong Kong Coliseum today (November 18), the tournament organizer held a grand opening before the start of the five finals. Led by a stunning drums performance, the atmosphere inside the arena reached its climax in no time.

Local favorite Lee Cheuk Yiu fell to Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto at this evening’s (November 17) YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Badminton Championships 2018 Men’s Single semi-final. Despite losing 18:21, 12:21 in straight games, Lee achieved his personal best results at the Hong Kong Badminton Championship. Following his defeat, the Hong Kong Badminton Team also concluded their participation at this year’s tournament.

As YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Badminton Championships 2018 is reaching its climax, lots of parents bring their kids to the Hong Kong Coliseum today (November 17) to enjoy the exciting matchups as the perfect Saturday parent-child activity. Among them are local fans who support each and everyone of the Hong Kong Team players, and had been following the tournament for the fourth consecutive day, while Indonesian fans also flew in to support their compatriots.

World No.6 Son Wan Ho from South Korea came back from behind to defeat Japan’s Kento Momota in this afternoon’s (November 17) semi-finals at the YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Badminton Championships 2018, he is now only one win away from repeating his dreams, having last claimed the Men’s Single title in this tournament back in 2014.

Lee Cheuk Yiu is one step closer to the Men’s Singles title of “YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2018”. He defeated India’s Sameer Verma 2:1 in a 73 minutes match tonight (16th Nov) and will play against No.8 seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in the semi-final tomorrow.

As the YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Badminton Championships 2018 is entering the final stages, we are bringing you the semi-finals, bronze medal playoffs as well as the finals this weekend. Apart from the exciting matchups, the Hong Kong Badminton Association have also setup multiple stalls across the Piazza just outside the Hong Kong Coliseum. Not only are there YONEX pop-up store for the best equipment you can ever find, there are also gaming stalls setup by HSBC Insurance and TOTAL. Go grab the gigantic badminton rackets for your social media check-ins, enjoy the games and all the fun you can ever imagine!

World No.1 player, Kento Momota from Japan came back from behind and advanced to the semi-finals after defeating Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie in this afternoon’s (November 16) quarter-finals at the YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Badminton Championships 2018, he is set to face South Korean Son Wan Ho for a berth in the final, who beat compatriot Lee Dong Keun in another quarter-finals showdown.

Lee Cheuk Yiu advanced to top 8 of “YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2018” Men’s Singles event after defeating Danish player Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus. As medal hope Mixed Doubles pair Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet and Women’s Singles player Chueng Ngan Yi stopped in the second round, Lee Cheuk Yiu became the only player left in the tournament.

Second rounds of “YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2018” was held today (15th Nov) at the Hong Kong Coliseum, featuring players from overseas and mainland China. Jonatan Christie , the Asian Games gold medalist battled with his fellow Indonesian Anthony Ginting for almost an hour and won in straight games 21:15, 25:23. He will meet world No.1 Kento Momota in quarter-finals.