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Clean first-round sweep for HK badminton players

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Nazvi Careem

HONG KONG'S badminton players, still fired up by their bronze medal in the mixed team event, continued their winning form in the singles and doubles competitions.

All of the territory's players competing in opening round matches advanced to the second round of the various disciplines.

Only men's singles player Tam Kai-chuen dropped a game. Tam, brought to Victoria as a doubles specialist, defeated Nigeria's Tam-Gibson Oyibo 15-1, 10-15, 15-0.

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Hong Kong's top singles player Wong Wai-lap was given a first-round bye as the joint fifth seed.

Wong is in line to meet England's Anders Nielsen, whom he lost to in three games in the mixed team competition, at the quarter-final stage.

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If he can overcome the Englishman, Wong will be guaranteed a bronze medal.

Youngster Ma Che-kong, whose participation in the Games was threatened by a hamstring injury, was withdrawn from the singles competition so he could concentrate on his men's doubles partnership with Tam.

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