“I think in the first game it was bad. The second game I tried my best to focus more and be more aggressive. But I think he's much more confident and I couldn't focus that well,” said Loh as he reflected on his defeat
SINGAPORE — The crowds were behind local hero Loh Kean Yew but they went home disappointed as the former world champions crashed out of the 2023 KFF Singapore Badminton Open to a lower-ranked opponent Christo Popov in Round of 16 on Thursday, June 8 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
It was Loh’s second consecutive win over the world number 14 player, with their previous meeting in April this year at the Badminton Asia Championship in Dubai. In that quarter-final encounter, Loh won by the same score 21-19, 21-19. The pair had also met in the 2019 Singapore Open and it was Lee that triumphed in the qualification round, 21-16, 21-17.
“I think in the first game it was bad. The second game I tried my best to focus more and be more aggressive. But I think he’s much more confident and I couldn’t focus that well. I prepared for a tough match, but I guess I wasn’t as mentally ready. I know that he’s a tough player and a good player so I tried my best to prepare but I guess it was not enough,” Loh told the media after the match.
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