Hong Kong badminton coach Tim He Yiming has urged his exhausted players to make the most of their opportunities as they battle for qualifying places for the year-end Superseries finals next month.
He has told his charges not to blow their chances when they compete in two lead-up tournaments - this week's Li Ning China Open in Shanghai and next week's Sunrise-Yonex Hong Kong Open - that awards points towards the prestigious finals in Kuala Lumpur.
The Hong Kong Open will be held at the Coliseum in Hung Hom.
"The China and Hong Kong Opens will be the last two legs of the 12-tournament series before the finals in Kuala Lumpur in December," said the coach.
"We can still qualify for the men's singles and women's doubles super-series finals, but they must get good results first."
The coach, however, was worried his players might not have recovered from the exertions of playing a hectic schedule during the second half of the year.