Hong Kong's hockey team gained a consolatory victory in their final group match yesterday when they overcame hosts Thailand 4-0. Tony Gillon's young team, who had been beaten heavily by Malaysia (9-0), Pakistan (5-0) and Japan (7-2) in their earlier Pool A matches, were too strong for the Thais and bagged a deserved win. Although it comes too late to help the squad into medal contention, the win was extremely welcome, being the first by a Hong Kong side in the team sports. Yesterday's opening day of the athletics competition at the Thammasat University Stadium saw an uncomfortable Chan Sau-ying limp out of contention in the 100-metres semi-final. Chan, who is focusing on her specialist event, the 100 metres hurdles which comes later this week, pulled up after 50 metres of her semi-final race, clutching her left hamstring. Afterwards, Chan dispelled fears that she would not be fit for the hurdles competition. 'After about 50 metres my leg started feeling a bit uncomfortable. It was a bit tight and as the 100 metres is not my main event I thought it was better to be safe and rest it,' she said. Wan Kin-yee was unable to progress from her heat, finishing fourth in 11.78 seconds. In the men's 100 metres, both Tai Wo-lok and Chiang Wai-hung made it through to the semi-finals, recording times of 10.54 and 10.67 seconds respectively. Away from the track, tenpin bowler Hui Cheung-kwok stands well placed in the men's masters event. Hui leads the field after eight rounds with 1,824 points. 'He bowled very well. To win gold he will have to bowl very well again - there are still eight more rounds to go,' said Hong Kong official Vivien Fung. In racquet sports, Hong Kong had a largely unsuccessful day but tennis player Melvin Tong Man-chung lifted the gloom when he won his opening singles match, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 against Mohammed Khaliq of Pakistan. There was no such luck for Wayne Wong Wing-luen, who was squeezed out 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 by Thailand's Danai Udomchoke. Tong and Wong later went out in the doubles, losing 6-3, 6-4 to China's Zhu Benqiang and Zhang Yu. In the mixed doubles, Tong - playing his third match of the day - and Tong Ka-po were eliminated 6-4, 6-4 by Thai pair Samrej Vittaya and Duangchan Suvimol. In badminton, Hong Kong finished the day with one player left in the men's singles and one of their two men's doubles pairs through to the next round. Tam Kai-chuen was the solitary men's singles winner, defeating Japan's Shinji Ota 15-11, 15-3. Men's doubles pair Yau Kwun-yuen and Chow Kin-advanced with a 3-15, 15-12, 15-7 win over Malaysians Pang Cheh Chang and Cheah Soon Thoe. In the mixed doubles table tennis competition, Hong Kong's Chan Tan-lui and Leung Chu-yau reached the last 16 but were unable to get past Japanese pair Ryo Yuzawa and Keiko Okazaki, who won 21-15, 22-24, 21-15.