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“YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2018” is set to unfold today (November 13) at the Hong Kong Coliseum. Chinese Mixed Doubles pair Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong announced their withdrawal due to injury at the manager’s meeting yesterday. Before the intensive tournament starts, Ng Ka Long competed in e-sports games with overseas players during the welcome dinner last night.

No one can guarantee to stay at his peak throughout the year, especially in Men’s Singles badminton. Ng Ka Long who is the current world No.14 just behind the legendary player Lin Dan of China admitted that it’s not easy to have a breakthrough as the top 20 players are on the same level. He is finding his way to make his performance more stable and mature. He wishes to achieve some good results at home in the Hong Kong Open which starts on Tuesday (13th November).

To prepare for the Tokyo Olympic Games, Japan has been committed to develop their Women’s Doubles team. There are 5 Japanese pairs that reached the top 10 world ranking standing. Among them, Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota have rose to world ranking No.1 in June this year. They are the second Japanese pair who has the world No.1 title.

Hong Kong’s No.1 Women’s Singles player Cheung Ngan Yi will lead her teammates consisting the Doubles pair Ng Tsz Yau and Yeung Nga Ting who are going to have new partners in the Hong Kong Open to strive for their best performance.

As event day is approaching we have introduced most of the famous players, today we will turn our eyes to a rising star Anthony Sinisuka Ginting from Indonesia.

Badminton fans usually pay more attention to the Men's Singles players in the star-studded lineup of Hong Kong Open. But in fact, the Women's Singles event is also something we should not overlooked. Besides the world No.1 player Tai Tzu Ying we have already introduced, there are 4 other players we should not missed.

Asian players has been dominating the badminton world. Most of the top players are Asian. Among them, Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei is the current Women’s Singles World No.1 player and her teammate Chou Tien Chen has just promoted to World No.3 in Men’s Singles last week. Both of them are Chinese Taipei’s highest ranking players in the history and they will take part in " YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2018".

Local fans are looking forward to the " YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2018" as the Korean team will send their strongest lineup include the No.1 player Sun Wan ho and recently returned player Lee Yong Dae.

The draws for “YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2018” were announced on Tuesday. Lee Chun Hei and Chau Hoi Wah’s first round match will be the focus of Hong Kong Team. The pair captured a bronze medal in both Asian Championships and World Championships 2017; and had once reached top 6 in the world ranking. Although their ranking has dropped to 24th, they are still supported by lots of local fans.