Badminton-Loh Kean Yew shocks world Number 1 Momota, advances to Indonesia Open quarter-finals – SINGAPOREAN National shuttler Loh Kean Yew claimed the biggest scalp of his career as he shocked Japan’s world No. 1 and defending world champion Kento Momota 21-7, 17-21, 21-19 in 69 minutes on Thursday (Nov 25) to advance to the Indonesia Open quarter-finals.
The world No. 26 will face Denmark’s 21st-ranked Hans-Kristian Vittinghus at the Bali International Convention Center on Friday.
Kento Momota is out! Outstanding performance from 🇸🇬 Loh Kean Yew to go through to the quarterfinals. 👏
— BWF (@bwfmedia) November 25, 2021
But the fearless Loh will fancy his chances of progressing deeper into the US$850,000 (S$1.16 million) Badminton World Federation World Tour Super 1000 event after conquering the off-colour Momota, who had won the Super 750 Indonesia Masters the previous week.
Loh made a fast start to the second round match at the Bali International Convention Center, winning the opening game 21-7 in this BWF World Tour Super 1000 event.
Two-time world champion Momota responded in the second game, as he aimed to keep alive his hopes of back-to-back titles in Indonesia alive having won the Masters event last week.
The Japanese star secured the second game 21-17 and appeared on course for victory when he took a 13-8 lead in the decider.
Loh battled impressively to level the scores, before winning the final two points to clinch a 21-7, 17-21, 21-19 victory.
The Malaysian-born Singaporean player advanced to the quarter-finals, where he is now due to face Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark.
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