2023-09-13 05:38:30
[Tilu News]The “VICTOR Hong Kong Open Badminton Championship” will be held at the Hong Kong Coliseum on Wednesday (13th), and the first round of each event will be staged the next day. The men’s singles “second brother in the world” Ginting made his debut this morning and easily defeated Canada’s Yang Can in two straight games 21:14, 21:9, recording his first victory following losing his mother. The Indonesian player, who won the men’s singles runner-up in the last tournament, has not set a goal for this tournament and just hopes to focus on his best performance.
Ginting’s mother passed away due to illness in early August. The 26-year-old “second brother in the world” subsequently withdrew from the World Championships held in Denmark on August 21. He returned at the China Open earlier this month, but was eliminated in the first round. Today, he moved to the Hong Kong Open. The No. 2 seed in men’s singles faced no big challenge once morest the 27th-ranked Canadian Yang Can in his first match. He defeated the two straight sets 21:14, 21:9 in just 26 minutes and advanced to the second round. Fight once morest Malaysia’s Liang Junhao.
Ginting showed a smile following the game and seemed to be in a good mood. He said frankly that he was excited to come to Hong Kong to compete once more: “I feel very happy and excited every time I play in the Hong Kong Open, especially if I haven’t come for a while. Many fans will come here to cheer me up. The atmosphere of the venue is very good, because I like it here.” Jin Ting won the runner-up in Hong Kong last time, but he said that he has not set a goal for this year’s performance: “I will focus on my performance and try to maximize my performance. OK, I hope I can play the best this week.”
Denmark’s Antonson defeated France’s Duma Popov in straight games 26:24, 21:17. Singapore’s No. 6 seed Luo Jianyou defeated France’s Kistupopov 1:2 (21:12, 17:21, 13:21).
The seeded golfers who appeared on the same morning also included the top seed Akane Yamaguchi in the women’s singles. The Japanese golfer ranked second in the world defeated the Chinese golfer Gao Fangjie in straight games 21:15, 21:14; the Spanish No.3 seed Marin It took three games to defeat Lin Xiangti of Chinese Taipei 2:1 (21:9, 14:21, 21:9).
Akane Yamaguchi and Aya Ohhori of Japan defeated compatriot Natsuki Nihira and Nozomi Okuhara of Japan, who won the women’s singles championship at the 2018 Hong Kong Open in straight sets at 21:14 and 21:19. They lost in straight sets at 7:21 and 21:23 in the first round. Hua Dani of Enemy Indonesia
Picture: Li Zizheng, He Ziyuan
Text: He Ziyuan
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