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
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.
World No 1 and double world champion Shepherd finished bottom of the group despite the win, thereby missing out on the semi-finals.
