Former world champion Loh Kean Yew was in devastating form as he blitzed past Azerbaijan’s world No. 75 Ade Dwicahyo 21-4, 21-11 in just 24 minutes to make it to the Badminton World Federation World Championships men’s singles round of 16. The world No. 7 Singaporean...
The Republic’s second men’s singles and world No. 98 Jason Teh will meet Hong Kong’s world No. 16 Lee Cheuk Yiu in the last 32 on Wednesday after recording his first win at the world championships.
In the mixed doubles, world No. 29 duo Terry Hee and Jessica Tan displayed good understanding and combinations to beat Denmark’s 23rd-ranked Mathias Thyrri and Amalie Magelund 21-12, 21-18 in 33 minutes on their first meeting. She added: “They are one of the best pairs in the world, we just hope we can carry this momentum into the next match and give them a hard fight.”
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