NAGOYA: Former world champion Loh Kean Yew navigated a tricky opening tie at the Asian Games, beating India’s Lakshya Sen in the men’s singles round of 32 on Saturday (Sep 26).
At the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, the world number 13 beat world-ranked 14 Sen 21-12, 15-21, 21-14. Both players received a bye in the previous round.
Loh defeated Sen at their last meeting earlier this year, but had a 4-7 head-to-head record against his opponent going into Saturday’s match.
Sen, who clinched a bronze in the team event, raced off to a 5-1 start. But the deficit seemed to jolt the Singaporean into action as he reeled off 10 consecutive points to take a six point lead at the interval.
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