Loh Kean Yew’s quarter-final streak ends at Indonesia Masters
SINGAPORE — Loh Kean Yew’s streak of reaching each match quarter-final this yr got here to an finish on Thursday (26 January), when he crashed out within the spherical of 16 on the Indonesia Masters.
The world No.8 was out of kinds as he misplaced to Indonesia world No.23 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 18-21, 15-21 in simply 42 minutes on the Istora Gelora Bung Karno in Jakarta.
It was nowhere close to his impressive win over China’s Li Shifeng in his opening-round match a day earlier, and he fell behind by as many as 9-20 within the second sport earlier than making the scoreline a little bit extra respectable.
The previous world champion’s lacklustre show value him an opportunity to finish his title drought within the BWF World Tour circuit that has stretched all the best way again to when he won his monumental world title in December 2021.
It’s all the extra galling as Kunlavut Vitidsarn, the Thai world No.6 who had eradicated him in each his first two tournaments of the yr – the Malaysia Open and the India Open – had already withdrawn from the Indonesia Masters after profitable the India Open final week.
Singapore’s different consultant on the Indonesia Masters, ladies’s singles shuttler Yeo Jia Min, was narrowly defeated in her opening-round match towards Denmark’s Line Christophersen on Wednesday, shedding 20-22, 21-14, 20-22.
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