Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2011

World number one failed to reach final  since last year Paris open

Four-time world champion Lin Dan stamped his authority over world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei (left), to win in straight games, thus ending the Malaysian’s proud record of reaching the final of every Open tournament he has played in this year.

The last time Chong Wei failed to reach a final was at the 2010 Paris World Championships where he lost to Taufik Hidayat in the quarter-finals.

While many had expected an explosive encounter between the two dominant men shuttlers of their generation, it was Lin Dan, who also beat Chong Wei in the finals of the 2008 Olympic, 2010 Asian Games and 2011 World Championships, who was on fire at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

Lin Dan also proved once again, that when he is fully fit, he is arguably one of the greatest players the game has ever known.

His 17^th victory in 25 ranking matches against the ‘King of the Superseries’ means he will now play either 2010 world champion Chen Jin or the man who has since replaced him as the world No. 2, Chen Long, in Sunday’s final.

Chong Wei started well and led the early exchanges before being overtaken by Lin Dan, who eventually won 21-16, 21-14 in 46 minutes. Chong Wei may have 20 Superseries titles to his name, seven more than Lin Dan, but it is the latter, who once again dominated.

Semi final result 19-Nov 2011

Order of play of Saturday, November 19, 2011

		Time	Draw				Score			Duration
Hong Kong Coliseum - 1
	1.	Starting at 1:00 PM	WD	Qing TIAN [2] Yunlei ZHAO	-	Christinna PEDERSEN [8] Kamilla RYTTER JUHL	21-18 21-13			0:34
	2.	Followed by	MD	Yun CAI [1] Haifeng FU	-	Tao JIAMING Nan ZHANG	Walkover
	3.	Followed by	MS	Dan LIN [3]	-	Chong Wei LEE [1]	21-16 21-14			0:46
	4.	Followed by	WS	Tine BAUN [7]	-	Shixian WANG [2]	21-10 19-21 21-13			0:50
	5.	Followed by	WD	Xiaoli WANG [1] Yang (F) YU	-	Jung Eun HA [4] Min Jung KIM	21-18 21-12			0:33
	6.	Not before 6:30 PM	WS	Xin WANG [3]	-	Yihan WANG [1]	21-12 21-18			0:32
	7.	Followed by	MS	Jin CHEN [5]	-	Long CHEN [2]	21-14 21-18			0:33
	8.	Followed by	XD	Joachim FISCHER NIELSEN [3] Christinna PEDERSEN	-	Chen XU [2] Jin MA	21-16 21-12			0:36
	9.	Followed by	MD	Jae Sung JUNG [2] Yong Dae LEE	-	Sung Hyun KO [4] Yeon Seong YOO	21-10 21-9			0:23
	10.	Followed by	XD	Nan ZHANG [1] Yunlei ZHAO	-	Hung Ling CHEN [4] Wen Hsing CHENG	21-15 21-12			0:27