Game over for Malaysia’s singles shuttlers at Singapore Open

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian singles shuttlers suffered a disastrous campaign at the Singapore Open with all four representatives knocked out in the first round of the World Tour Super 750 championships.

This morning, the nation’s top women’s singles player, K Letshanaa, and men’s singles shuttler Justin Hoh lost their opening round matches at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Yesterday, men’s singles shuttler Leong Jun Hao and women’s singles player Wong Ling Ching were shown the exit.

Letshanaa, who is world No 30, gave China’s fourth-ranked Chen Yu Fei a run for her money by taking the first game before losing 21-19, 15-21, 17-21 in 66 minutes.

World No 47 men’s singles shuttler Justin started off against the world No 4 Frenchman Christo Popov by taking the first game, but the latter eventually won 13-21, 21-18, 21-14 in a match that lasted about an hour.

Yesterday, Jun Hao lost to the lower-ranked Lee Chia Hao of Taiwan 21-18, 20-22, 8-21 while Ling Ching lost to Japan’s Riko Gunji 20-22, 17-21.

Malaysian players in all three doubles categories will be playing their opening matches later today.

المصدر: Free Malaysia Today