World number 2 and reigning gold medalist Viktor Axelsen beat world number 12 Loh 21-9, 21-17 in 49 minutes.
New: You can now listen to articles.PARIS: Loh Kean Yew ’s run at the Paris Olympics ended on Friday , after he was beaten by reigning men’s singles champion Viktor Axelsen in the quarter-finals.
The Singaporean had started on the back foot, and to make matters worse, Loh scraped his right hand diving for a return early on. It would have to be taped up to stem the bleeding and would affect the world number 12's grip. Things were much tighter in the second, with things level at 14-14, before a series of mistakes from Loh handed the initiative to the Dane.Axelsen will next face India’s unseeded world number 22 Lakshya Sen, who beat Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien-Chen earlier in the day.
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