Malaysian men’s singles player Justin Hoh (pictured) fought valiantly in his first-round match against Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke at the Hong Kong Open yesterday, but was ultimately eliminated.
Justin, whose world ranking recently climbed to No. 57, did not make it easy for the world No. 26 Gemke. The match at the Hong Kong Coliseum stretched for an hour and 10 minutes, with Justin eventually falling 7-21, 23-21, 18-21.
This marked the second time the 20-year-old Justin has faced Gemke, with both encounters ending in defeats. Their clash in the Thomas Cup group stage earlier this year was also a marathon, lasting 1 hour and 16 minutes.
Justin’s ranking has risen rapidly after reaching the quarterfinals of the Super 300 Taiwan Open on the World Tour recently.
Also exiting in the first round was Ng Tze Yong, who lost 19-21, 10-21 to France’s Christo Popov.
In mixed doubles, Goh Soon Huat and Lai Shevon Jemie advanced to the second round after a swift 27-minute victory, defeating South Korea’s Ko Sung Hyun and Eom Hye Won 21-11, 21-14.
The Malaysian pair, ranked No. 12 in the world, will face India’s Sumit Reddy and Sikki Reddy in today’s second round.
Joining them in the mixed doubles bracket are Hoo Pang Ron and Cheng Su Yin, who beat Singapore’s Terry Hee and Jessica Tan 21-17, 21-16, while Yap Roy King and Valeree Siow also progressed with a 21-11, 21-16 win over Hong Kong’s Deng Chi Fai and Leung Yuet Yee.
However, veteran mixed doubles pair Chan Peng Soon and Lai Pei Jing were eliminated after a 21-18, 14-21, 11-21 loss to China’s Cheng Xingzhang and Zhang Xingzhang.
In men’s doubles, national players Lin Zhi Jian and Wong Tien Ci came from behind to defeat Taiwan’s Liu Kuan Heng and Yang Po Han 13-21, 21-14, 21-16.
They will face third-seeded Korean duo Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae, who defeated Malaysia’s Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin Rumsani 21-12, 21-17. Women’s singles player Goh Jin Wei also ended her campaign in the first round, losing 7-21, 22-24 to South Korea’s Kim Ga Eun.
Eom Hye-won (Korean: 엄혜원, September 8, 1991) is a South Korean female badminton player. Her duo with Jang Ye Na, ranked fifth for the highest WBF ranking on April 25, 2013, won the second place in women’s doubles at the World Championships as well as the third place in mixed doubles (2013) with her two main partners Jang Ye Na and Shin Baek Che.
In July 2008, Yim Hye-won represented South Korea at the Asian Junior Badminton Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, helping South Korea win second place in the mixed team in the first team event, and second place in the mixed doubles with partner Kim Ki-jung in the mixed doubles final, losing 1-2 (21-14, 15-21, 22-24) to Zhang Nan/Lu Lu of China. In October of the same year, she again represented Korea at the World Junior Badminton Championships in Pune, India, and helped Korea win the second place in the Mixed Team in the first team event, and the third place in the World Youth Championships with her partner Kim Ki-jung.
In August 2011, Eom Hye-won represented Korea to participate in the World University Games held in Shenzhen, China. In the individual event of the World University Games, she and her partners Jang Ye-na and Shin Baek-che won the gold medals in women’s doubles and mixed doubles respectively, and became the double champion of this year’s World University Games.
In September 2011, Yan Huiyuan and her partner Gao Sung-hyun competed in the Chinese Taipei Badminton Golden Grand Prix, and won her first career international title in the mixed doubles final with a 2-1 (24-22, 16-21, 21-17) victory over the top seed of the tournament, Indonesia’s strongest class of Tontowi Ahmad/Liliana Nasir, which was also her first Golden Grand Prix mixed doubles title. In December of the same year, in December of the same year, she competed in the Korean Badminton Golden Grand Prix with her two partners, Zhang Yena and Shin Baek Che, respectively, defeating the tournament’s No. 3 seeds, Lee Shohi/Shin Seung-chan, 2-0 (21-13, 21-17) in the women’s doubles final, and Ryu Yeon Seong/Jang Yena, the tournament’s top seeds and teammates, 2-1 (11-21, 21-18, 25-23) in the mixed doubles final.
In August 2013, Yan Huiyuan participated in the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, and won the second place in the Women’s Doubles at the World Championships after battling through three sets in the final to defeat the tournament’s top seeded team of Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang of China 1-2 (14-21, 21-18, 8-21) while in the Mixed Doubles, she and Shin Baek Che were defeated in the quarterfinals by the tournament’s top seeded team of Xu Chen/Ma Jin, 0-2 (15-21, 17-21). , Xu Chen/Ma Jin of China, and eventually tied for third place in the mixed doubles with Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei of China.
In November 2014, Yan Huiyuan and her partner Yanxing Liu competed in the China Badminton Premier Superseries, and won the second place in the Mixed Doubles final, defeating the top seeds of the tournament, Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei of China, 1-2 (25-23, 14-21, 18-21).
In September 2015, Yim Hye-won and her partner Hyung Rye-kyu played in the Thailand Badminton Golden Grand Prix and won the Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles title after defeating the tournament’s No. 3 seed and Indonesian powerhouse Praveen Jordan/Debbie Susanto 2-1 (21-19, 17-21, 21-16) in the Mixed Doubles final.
In November 2018, Yim Hye-won and partner Ko Sung-hyun played in the Korea Badminton Masters, defeating teammates’ Hyung Rate-kyu/Shin Seung-chan 2-1 (21-12, 15-21, 21-18) in the mixed doubles final.
World Ranking – MixedDoubles 126, Week 30, 2024
Olympic Points – Mixed Doubles 90, 15970 points
Finals Ranking – Mixed Doubles 93, 4880 points
Equipment Used
BRAVE SWORD 11; P8510; SH8500
Major Achievements
2022 Korea Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
2022 Korea Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2022 Korea Open Badminton Women’s Doubles quarter-finals
2021 Indonesia Open Mixed Doubles quarter-finals
2021 Indonesia Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals
