For the third consecutive time in China, Loh will play against an opponent with a superior head-to-head record Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – Another day, another revenge mission completed and yet another awaits Singapore’s top badminton player Loh Kean Yew, who progressed to the quarter-finals of the US$2 million China Open after beating Denmark’s Anders Antonsen 21-17, 21-12 in 51 minutes on Thursday.on Friday for a place in the following day’s semi-finals.
National singles coach Kelvin Ho added: “Kean Yew was clear-minded in terms of strategy and mostly played the right shots at the right time today. Such a process will be important for him in his next match.” It worked a treat as world championships bronze medallist Antonsen never got closer than within three points after the early exchanges. While he did save two game points, Loh took the game with a pinpoint diagonal clear that landed right at the corner.
Eventually, Antonsen’s loose and wide return broke his own resistance, as he held on to the net post to catch his breath, never to recover from the 13-6 deficit.
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