First-Round Shocks – Day 1: YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2018
Three notable seeds tumbled out of the Mixed Doubles first round at the YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2018 today as players set their sights on finishing the HSBC BWF World Tour season strongly.
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Gone on the first evening of action at the Hong Kong Coliseum are the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 seeds in the
tournament – Mathias Christiansen/Christinna Pedersen (Denmark), Zhang Nan/li Yinhui (China) and Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying (Malaysia).
The latter fell to England’s husband-and-wife combination, Chris and Gabby Adcock, 21-19 21-16, while the Chinese were undone by Ronald Ronald/Annisa Saufika of Indonesia (21-14 21-15) in just 28 minutes. In a match of fine margins, the Danes were shown the exit by the Chinese Taipei partnership of Lee Yang/Hsu Ya Ching, 23-21 22-20, squandering a game point in both games.