Down 17-12 and playing with the draught, Loh Kean Yew could have gone with the flow and conserved energy for a decider in the first round of the Singapore Badminton Open on Wednesday. But backed by a 5,000-strong partisan home crowd at the Indoor Stadium, the world No. 5...
BWF — Badminton World FederationIn the women’s singles, compatriot Yeo Jia Min also made a winning start in her home event, as she overcame world No. 17 Zhang Yiman 21-18, 21-14 for her first win over the Chinese in two attempts.
Like Loh, she also had to compose herself to rally from 14-12 and 7-3 down in the first and second games respectively to advance to the next round, where she will face South Korea’s world No. 2 An Se-young. Fellow Singaporeans and world No. 21 Jin Yujia and Crystal Wong also took the fight to the higher-ranked Indonesians Apriyani Rahayu, one half of the Tokyo Olympics women’s doubles champions, and Siti Ramadhanti before losing 15-21, 21-19, 21-15 to the fifth-ranked pair.Earlier in the day, the audience were entertained by a series of high-quality marathon matches at the US$850,000 tournament, especially on Court 1, where the first seven matches went the distance.
He will take on 21st-ranked Ng Tze Yong for a place in the quarter-finals, and the Malaysian also went through a gruelling match before overcoming Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen 21-17, 18-21, 21-15.
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