Grand Slam Champion ZHANG Jike (CHN) has made his return to the international table tennis scene at the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Hang Seng Hong Kong Open that gets officially underway today, 24 May 2018 till 27 May 2018 at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong.

Listed at number 87 of the most popular global athletes, ZHANG who saw his world ranking had fell to number 168 due to inactivity over the past year, was last seen at the German Open in November 2017 and had taken time off since for recovery of his injuries.

Having to fight his way through the qualification rounds yesterday to secure his place in the main draw of the Hang Seng Hong Kong Open, ZHANG shared on his current form “I feel good while training, but practice and competition is different, as the rhythm and pressure is different. Regardless of how much experience a player has, after a year of not playing a major event I still feel like a stranger to what should be a familiar situation. I'll continue playing a series of World Tour events to slowly find my form again and play each game one at a time without any expectations.”

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首度在香港上演的「三菱地所超級欖球聯賽」(Mitsubishi Estate Super Rugby)由日本球隊 Hito-Communications Sunwolves成功在旺角大球場絕殺DHL Stormers。

希頓柏加(Hayden Parker)在比賽最後一刻果斷射球並成功命中，帶領球隊以26:23絕殺對手，並取得球隊史上首次二連勝，這次更是Hito-Communications Sunwolves非主場的勝仗。

希頓柏加的入球歸功於隊友為他鋪橋搭路，前鋒線一直推進，推至30米時將球傳給柏加，他在擁有充足的空位之下落踢射門順利中鵠，教頭占美祖瑟夫(Jamie Joseph)道：「比賽戰至最後5分鐘戰情異常緊湊，最終能夠獲勝完全歸功於所有球員。」「今仗前鋒線發揮出賽前的部署，加上柏加成功控制比賽節奏，令我們取得兩連勝。」

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