Competition: Hong Kong Open Superseries 2016
Date: 22 November to 27 November
Venue: Hong Kong Coliseum, Kowloon
TV Channel: In Singapore, there is no live TV coverage of the tournament.
Live Streaming: BWF official YouTube channel
Overview
After a pulsating week in China, badminton action shifts to $400,000 Superseries event in Hong Kong, starting 22 November, featuring Rio Olympics winner Carolina Marin and runner-up PV Sindhu. The men's draw features the likes of Olympics winner Chen Long and Jan O Jorgensen.
Carolina Marin enters the five-day competition, to be held at Hong Kong Coliseum in Kowloon, as the Women's singles defending champion and she would want to finish the year with a Superseries title and also end a barren run, which began after her Rio Olympic gold medal.
Rio silver medallist PV Sindhu will target the top step of the podium to build on her China Open success, which was also her maiden Superseries title. A good show will guarantee the Indian star a place at the Dubai World Superseries Finals in December.
Indonesian star Ratchanok Intanon, who has had disappointing results in the later half of 2016, will want to head to Dubai with a strong boost, while London Olympic bronze medallist, who has recovered from an injury, would want to slowly claw back to the top.
In the Men's singles top seed Lee Chong Wei has pulled out of the tournament with a hamstring injury. In his absence Chen Long, the highest-ranked player, will want to make amends for his China Open defeat. Jan O Jorgensen, fresh from his recent success, will look to continue his winning run in Kowloon.
Focus will also be on the Chinese shuttlers as China Open, for the first time in the 30-year-history of the tournament, saw local players return empty-handed.
TV Schedule
India: Star Sports 4
Seeding information
Men's singles
- Chong Wei (Mas) [withdrew]
- Chen (Chn)
- Jorgensen (Dnk)
- Wan Ho (Kor)
- Houwei (Chn)
- Chou Tien (Twn)
- Saensomboonsuk (Idn)
- Ouseph (Gbr)
Women's singles
- Marin (Esp)
- Intanon (Idn)
- Okuhara (Jpn)
- Tai Tzu (Twn)
- Saina (Ind)
- Yamaguchi (Jpn)
- Sung (Kor)
- Sun (Chn)
Schedule of key matches on 23 November, Wednesday
Time: Matches start from 10am SGT/7:30am IST/2am GMT
Men's Singles
Chen [2] v Jayaram
Jorgensen [3] v Sugiarto
Wan Ho [4] v Zulkarnain
Houwei [5] v Qualifier 3
Chou Tien [6] v Ponsana
Saensomboonsuk [7] v Srikanth
Ouseph [8] v Qualifier 4
Women's Singles
Marin [1] v Ongbumrungpan
Intanon [2] v Liang
Okuhara [3] v Cheung Ngan
Tai Tzu [4] v Mitani
Saina [5] v Porntip
Yamaguchi [6] v Corrales
Sung [7] v Ching Hsu
Sun Yu [8] v Zetchiri
Sindhu v Fanetri
Full Schedule of the 2016 Hong Kong can be found here.
