China Hong Kong Open Day 2: China Badminton Team Advances with 6 Wins and 2 Losses

The second day of the 2024 BWF World Tour China Hong Kong Open Badminton Open concluded on the evening of September 11th, Beijing time. The Chinese team achieved a notable 6 wins and 2 losses on this competition day, with several players advancing to the top 16.

The 2024 Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships, held in Hong Kong, China from September 10 to 15, feature a strong lineup of Chinese national badminton team players. The team sent 3 men’s singles players, 1 women’s singles player, 4 pairs of men’s doubles players, 3 pairs of women’s doubles players, and 4 pairs of mixed doubles players to participate in the event.

The second day’s matches were all first-round matches, with 7 matches played by Chinese badminton players. One of the most notable matches was the national badminton internal battle in the first round of the men’s singles main competition, where Lei Lanxi took 1 hour and 14 minutes to play three full games. After losing the first game, he won two games in a row and reversed his teammate Weng Hongyang 2-1 (18-21/21-10/21-11) to enter the top 16.

Lu Guangzu, however, took 48 minutes and lost two consecutive games, losing 0-2 (18-21/19-21) to Hong Kong player Lee Cheuk Yiu and missed the next round.

In the first round of the women’s singles main draw, No. 3 seed Han Yue took only 30 minutes to win two straight sets, defeating Thai player Bonpichapita 2-0 (21-11/21-15) and advancing to the second round of the main draw.

The mixed doubles event saw top seeds Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping take 32 minutes to win two games in a row, sweeping the Thai combination Rutanapak/Jenica 2-0 (21-15/21-10) and advancing to the second round. No. 2 seeds Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin took 59 minutes to play three games, defeating the Indonesian combination Deyang/Vidjaja 2-1 (21-16/18-21/21-10) and advancing to the top 16.

No. 6 seeds Guo Xinwa/Chen Fanghui took only 27 minutes to win two straight sets, 2-0 (21-9/21-11) and advance to the second round. Cheng Xing/Zhang Chi played three sets in 59 minutes, and after losing the first set, they won two sets in a row, 2-1 (18-21/21-14/21-11) to reverse the No. 7 seeds, Malaysian combination Tan Jianming/Lai Peijun, and advance to the top 16.