https://www.scmp.com/rss/316009/feed The 2014 Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open is a Super Series elite badminton tournament held at Hong Kong Coliseum on November 18 -23. With prize of money of US$350,000, the defending champions are Lee Chong Wei and Wang Yihan. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The badminton upsets keep rolling in as rising Japanese star Akane Yamaguchi and third seed India's Saina Nehwal were on Friday bundled out of the Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open in straight games. Yamaguchi's compatriot Nozomi Okuhara - the former world junior champion who was almost a forgotten name after two serious injuries - surprised all to sweep aside her rival 21-15, 21-11 at the Coliseum. In the semi-finals, 19-year-old Okuhara will face reigning world champion Carolina Marin of Spain, who... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1645686/japans-okuhara-puts-pain-past-behind-her?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1645686/japans-okuhara-puts-pain-past-behind-her?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:47:29 +0000 Saina Nehwal’s hopes of winning her third Superseries title of the year were ended after an upset by sixth seed Tai Tzu-ying in the quarter-finals at the Coliseum in Hung Hom on Friday. The Indian third seed, who won last week’s China Open and the Australian Open in August, found it too difficult to move her tired legs against the Taiwan number one, losing in straight sets 21-15, 21-19 in the women’s singles. “I was a bit tired after the China Open and although I gave my best today, I could not... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1645527/saina-nehwal-dumped-out-hong-kong-open-tai-tzu-ying?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1645527/saina-nehwal-dumped-out-hong-kong-open-tai-tzu-ying?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:34:13 +0000 Unheralded Tee Jing Yi of Malaysia pulled off a big surprise in the Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open after sending defending champion and second seed Wang Yihan of China out of the US$350,000 tournament. It was a bad day for the mainlanders as top seed Wang Shixian also crashed out after a three-game defeat by compatriot Liu Xin. Liu, the world number 11, prevailed 21-16, 9-21, 21-15 after three games. The world number 34 won the second round tie against the world number three in three games 21-19,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1644621/top-two-seeds-stunned-hong-kong-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1644621/top-two-seeds-stunned-hong-kong-open?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:47:37 +0000 Forget the failure at the China Open, it was just a blip … Chinese women shuttlers are still the dominant force in the world, says their coach Chen Jin. No mainlander reached the women's singles badminton final on Sunday in the US$700,000 event in Fuzhou, won by India's Saina Nehwal over Akane Yamaguchi of Japan. "It was just an accident in the China Open," said Chen after watching his charge, top seed Wang Shixian, easily beat Eriko Hirose of Japan 21-9, 21-13 in the first round of the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1644019/china-stars-determined-make-amends-flop?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1644019/china-stars-determined-make-amends-flop?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:30:30 +0000 Injured Lin Dan pulled out of the Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open on Tuesday, dealing another blow to the US$350,000 badminton tournament following the absence of world number one Lee Chong Wei. The two world stars were expected to continue their rivalry in Hong Kong after their semi-final clash at the Asian Games in Incheon in September when the first entry list was announced. But Malaysian Lee is still fighting a doping case, while China star Lin cited injury after an operation three weeks ago to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1643234/lin-dan-pulls-out-hong-kong-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1643234/lin-dan-pulls-out-hong-kong-open?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:45:00 +0000 Officials and players are still in disbelief after badminton's world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia was officially dropped from next month's Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open due to a suspected doping case. Hong Kong Badminton Association chairman Tong Wai-lun announced the official entries for the US$350,000 tournament on Tuesday and, as expected, Lee was not in the 356-strong players' list. Lee has won three singles titles in Hong Kong in the past nine years. I feel really sorry for Lee if... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1626990/ban-lee-chong-wei-would-be-big-blow-code?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1626990/ban-lee-chong-wei-would-be-big-blow-code?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:06:56 +0000 Defending champion Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia will miss next month's Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open for the first time in almost a decade after being allegedly involved in a doping scandal that has shocked the badminton world. The world number one was in the initial entry list (released on October 17) for the US$350,000 tournament at Hong Kong Coliseum from November 18-23, but when organisers finalised the list over the weekend, his number one seed position was replaced by Chen Long of China, the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1626166/lee-chong-wei-withdraws-hong-kong-open-after-allegations-doping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1626166/lee-chong-wei-withdraws-hong-kong-open-after-allegations-doping?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:15:15 +0000