Georgetown: Former world number one and top seed Lee Chong Wei eased past Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia in straight sets 21-19, 21-15 en route to the Malaysia Masters finals on Saturday. The victory also saw Lee extended his career winning streak against Sugiarto to 14-0.
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Tokyo: Carolina Marin who won her second-straight World Championship in August, will start her quest for the Japan Open on Wednesday. She plays Japanese Yui Hashimoto who pulled off the upset over Marin by defeating the world champion in three-set at this year’s Indonesia Open.
Marin had previously held a 2-0 head-to-head record over Hashimoto prior to this year’s Indonesia Open.
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Jakarta: Japanese rising star shuttler Kento Momota upstaged Denmark’s defending champion and third seed Jan O. Jorgensen in the men’s singles final, while Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon clinched the women’s singles title at the $800,000 Indonesia Open Superseries Premier on Sunday.
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Jakarta: In a day full of upsets at the BCA Indonesia Open on Saturday, Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap who defeated world number one Chen Long in the quarterfinals on Friday, lost 21-12 17-21 19-21 in a draining battle to eighth seed Kento Momota which lasted an hour and 11 minutes. The last time Kashyap and Momota played each other was two years ago, and the Japanese had emerged triumphant in their previous encounter as well.
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