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Tokyo Paralympics: Hong Kong’s Daniel Chan Ho-yuen and Chu Man-kai into badminton semi-finals

  • Daniel Chan Ho-yuen loses thriller against Japan’s Daiki Kajiwara but makes light work of Britain’s Martin Rooke in quarters
  • Chu Man-kai loses to world No 1 Jack Shephard but moves on to final four at Yoyogi National Stadium

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Hong Kong’s Chu Man-kai in action against Great Britain’s Jack Shephard at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Yoyogi National Stadium. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong’s Daniel Chan Ho-yuen and Chu Man-kai both moved on to their Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games semi-finals and kept hopes of a debut medal alive despite a mixed day of action on court.
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Wheelchair badminton player Chan lost his second pool match of the Games despite going a game up against Japan’s Daiki Kajiwara before rebounding in his quarter-final against Britain’s Martin Rooke.

Chan beat Rooke in two straight games (21-9, 21-11) to seal a WH2 semi-final against South Korea’s Kim Jung-jun and put the epic 68-minute 3-2 (21-13, 12-21, 13-21) defeat to Kajiwara out of his mind.

Short stature badminton player Chu Man-kai also lost in pool play where he was beaten by 2-1 (21-11, 22-24, 21-10) Britain’s Jack Shephard but Thursday’s resounding victory over another Briton Krysten Coombs was enough to take him through atop the group.

Daniel Chan Ho-yuen, a wheelchair badminton player, is currently gunning for gold at the Tokyo Paralympics. Photo: Edmond So
Daniel Chan Ho-yuen, a wheelchair badminton player, is currently gunning for gold at the Tokyo Paralympics. Photo: Edmond So
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World No 1 and double world champion Shepherd finished bottom of the group despite the win, thereby missing out on the semi-finals.

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