Showing fine form, he defeated Indonesia, leading nearly all the way
SINGAPORE: It was smooth sailing all the way for Loh Kean Yew, arguably the country’s best badminton player to date, at the first round of the Indonesia Open in Jakarta on Wednesday .
Loh is scheduled to face China’s Li Shi Feng, 23, currently ranked 10th in the world, in the next round of the Open.at the Singapore Indoor Stadium after losing to France’s Christo Popov, 21-10, 23-21. Popov is currently ranked 35th. At the Indonesia Open, Malaysian player Lee Zii Jia faced defeat at the hands of India’s Lakshya Sen, a former world junior number 1, in the first round, 21-17, 21-13.
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