China's badminton legend Lin Dan will take on Danish great Viktor Axelsen in the first round of the Singapore Open next month. The early clash of the two titans drew the most gasps when the fixtures for the star-studded event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium from April 9-14...
Momota, who has also signed up for the Singapore Open along with all the other top-ranked shuttlers from other categories, will open his campaign against 2017 Singapore Open champion Sai Praneeth of India.
But Loh will need to emerge from the qualifiers, where he will face Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu before vying for one of the four qualification spots with either Indonesia's Ihsan Maulana Mustofa or Thailand's Sitthikom Thammasin. He said:"I am pressured yet excited, because playing on home ground in a Super 500 event is always a dream for young players like me.In the opening round of the women's singles, world No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying and Zhang Beiwen, who just faced off at the All England's Round of 16, will meet again.The other plum tie in the first round of the women's singles sees China's Li Xuerui, the 2012 Olympic winner, taking on Japan's Sayaka Takahashi, the defending champion.
Robert Lim, the Singapore Open's organising chairman, joined Loh in calling for strong support for our local shuttlers.
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