HANGZHOU: Loh Kean Yew’s Asian Games debut came to a premature end on Tuesday (Oct 3) after he lost 12-21, 14-21 to Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong. In the men’s singles round of 32 at the Binjiang Gymnasium, Ng took 45 minutes to beat former world champion Loh. According to data from the Badminton
According to data from the Badminton World Federation, this is world number nine Loh’s fourth career meeting against Ng. The world number 19 has now beaten the Singaporean three times. But a series of errors from Loh would hand the initiative back over Ng, who also beat the Singaporean in the quarter-finals of the Commonwealth Games last year.
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