Chi Yu Jen was the hero for Chinese Taipei as they scrapped through to a 3-2 win over neighbours Hong Kong China in their opening men\u2019s Group B match of the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Qingdao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All other favoured teams including China, Japan and Indonesia were comfortable winners over their opponents on the opening day of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twenty-year-old Yu Jen battled for 55-minutes to subdue Lam Ka To in the deciding third singles match 21-18, 21-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tie saw Hong Kong drawing first blood when Lee Cheuk Yiu defeated Lin Chin-yi 21-17, 21-15. Hong Kong threatened in the first doubles, but their pairing of Hung Kuei Chun-Lui Chun Wai were edged out 19-21, 20-22 by Chiu Hsiang Chieh-Wang Chi-lin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hong Kong again asserted their strength in the singles with Jason Gunawan putting them ahead 2-1. The Indonesian import defeated Lee Chia Hao 21-16, 21-13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taiwanese twins duo of Lee Fang-chih-Lee Fang-jen pulled their side back level with a comprehensive 21-10, 21-13 defeat of Reginald Lee Chun Hei-Yeung Shing Choi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yu Jen, the former Syed Modi International champion, stepped up to give Taiwan the all-important win for the third seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Korea, who are the other team in the group will fancy their chances based on th performances of their rivals today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Top seeds China romped to a 5-0 win over Macau China in their opening tie in Group A, which also has Thailand in the fray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second seeds Indonesia were also 5-0 winners over Myanmar. Their biggest challenge in Group D will be arch-rivals Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Group C, fourth seeds Japan dropped the first singles but went on to register a 4-1 win over Singapore. Former world champion Loh Kean Yew defeated Kenta Nishimoto 21-17, 21-17 to give the Singaporeans their first point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 4-1 scoreline, however, does not show the battle that the Japanese had to face especially in the closely fought two double matches. The other team in the group are the unpredictable India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seeded Korea, Japan and Thailand all registered 5-0 wins over Singapore, Hong Kong China and Myanmar respectively in their opening women\u2019s ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Top seeds China were not in action as their group only consists of two teams. The two sides will clash in a winner takes all match-up tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TEAM RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Group X: <\/strong>Japan bt Hong Kong China 5-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group Y: <\/strong>Thailand bt Myanmar 5-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group Z: <\/strong>Korea bt Singapore 5-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Men\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Group A: <\/strong>China bt Macau China 5-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group B: <\/strong>Chinese Taipei bt Hong Kong China 3-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group C:<\/strong> Japan bt Singapore 4-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group D: <\/strong>Indonesia bt Myanmar 5-0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chi Yu Jen was the hero for Chinese Taipei as they scrapped through to a 3-2 win over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-8882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-badminton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t