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Singapore shuttler Loh Kean Yew returns a shot against Japan's Kodai Naraoka at the 2023 Korea Open in Yeosu.
SINGAPORE — All seemed lost for Loh Kean Yew when he slumped into a 4-12 hole in the second game of his Korea Open semi-final clash against world No.4 Kodai Naraoka on Saturday ., however, had other ideas. Launching a superb comeback, the Singapore shuttler roared into his second tournament final of the year with an epic 18-21, 21-16, 21-15 triumph over his Japanese rival at the Jinnam Stadium in Yeosu.
The nail-biting 80-minute battle ebbed and flowed as both shuttlers produced some scintillating shot-making to try and outwit each other. Top-seeded Naraoka, 22, seemed to have the match in the bag as he rattled off eight straight points to take a commanding second-game lead. However, world No.8 Loh played a much more patient game thereafter and took whatever chances that came to him, and that turned the tide for the 26-year-old as he eventually subdued Naraoka, and pumped his fists at the cameras after clinching the match point.Badminton Asia Championships in April,He will face either China's world No.6 Shi Yuqi or Denmark's former world No.2 Anders Antonsen in Sunday's final.
Loh began his Korea Open campaign by beating Malaysia's Leong Jun Hao 21-10, 21-14 in his opening round on Wednesday. In Thursday's round of 16, he faced a tough opponent in China's Zhao Junpeng, but managed to prevail in three games, 21-19, 17-21, 21-6., narrowly defeating the Malaysian 22-20, 21-19 in the quarter-final to advance to his first semi-final in this season’s BWF World Tour.
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