Our Ng Tze Yong caused an upset by defeating former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the first round of the Japan Open 2023 in Tokyo. The unseeded player secured a convincing victory with a score of 21-16, 21-17, in just 41 minutes.
Tze Yong WINS
He will now face Japan’s Koki Watanabe in the next round, who defeated another former world champion, Kento Momota. However, it was a disappointing outcome for professional men’s singles player Lee Zii Jia, who suffered his fourth consecutive first-round exit, losing to defending champion Kenta Nishimoto in a closely fought match, 22-20, 17-21, 19-21.
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