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Chan Kin-wa

Bad luck robbed Yip Tsz-fung of becoming the first home player to reach the quarter-finals of the Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai Financial Hong Kong Open after losing 3-1 to Tarek Momen of Egypt yesterday.
After a convincing 11-4 win in the opening game against the seventh seed at the centre in Admiralty, Yip then lost the next two games 9-11, 7-11.
It was a bit frustrating to lose that point that way as I was coming back into the game
Yip Tsz-fung
In the fourth game, he was 7-9 then clawed back to 8-9, but before Yip could level the score a string broke on his racket giving Momen the match point.
The Egyptian then won 11-9.
“It was a bit frustrating to lose that point that way as I was coming back into the game,” said the 22-year-old.
“But overall it has been a great experience to reach the second round and the opportunity of playing against a top 10 player.
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“No doubt I have learned a lot at this level and, hopefully, it can boost my confidence when I start in the world team championship next week.”
Yip was the last Hong Kong player to fall as the tournament continues on Friday.
In the women’s second round, Nicol David of Malaysia had a routine day at the office, easily overcoming compatriot Delia Arnold.

The defending champion needed only 20 minutes to brush aside the opponent 11-1, 11-4, 11-3 to reach the quarter-finals.
“It’s always difficult against teammates and Arnold has had some great matches this year, including at the British Open,” said David.
“But perhaps she had a tough match in the previous round and also has not played on centre court. I took full advantage of this and it was an easy game.”
Meanwhile, Hong Kong have been promoted to third seed in the World Men’s Team Championship after a series of withdrawals and will now face South Africa, Switzerland and Colombia in pool C of the tournament.
England, the defending champions, France, Germany, the United States and Canada have pulled out of the event to be held in Cairo on December 12-18 due to security concerns, leaving 18 teams in contention.


Broken string snaps hopes of Hong Kong youngster Yip Tsz-fung  

新華社照片，香港，2015年12月2日 壁球——香港公開賽賽況 12月2日，埃及選手慕文（右）在比賽中回球。 當日，在香港壁球中心舉行香港壁球公開賽男單比賽中，埃及選手慕文（Tarek Momen）以3比1戰勝英國選手詹迪勤（Declan James），晉級下一輪。 新華社記者盧炳輝攝

新華社照片，香港，2015年12月2日 壁球——香港公開賽賽況 12月2日，馬來西亞選手妮科爾·戴維（右）在比賽中回球。 當日，在香港壁球中心舉行的香港壁球公開賽女單比賽中，馬來西亞選手妮科爾·戴維（Nicol David）以3比0戰勝中國香港選手廖梓苓，晉級下一輪。 新華社記者 盧炳輝 攝

Tarek Momen）(right), who beat Britain’s Declan James in the opening round, defeated Hong Kong’s Yip Tsz-fung. Photo: Xinhua ），晉級下一輪。 新華社記者盧炳輝攝

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The 22-year-old blames bad luck when he lost to Egyptian seventh seed Tarek Momen in the second round  
