Badminton: Loh Kean Yew becomes first Singaporean to reach World Championships final


This triumph also means Loh has beaten six out of the world's top 10 players in the past three months, as he proves he truly belongs among the sport's elite now and is no flash in the pan. - AFP

SINGAPORE, Dec 19 (The Straits Times/ANN): Loh Kean Yew is one victory away from becoming the Republic's first badminton world champion.

On Saturday (Dec 18), he beat Denmark's world No. 3 Anders Antonsen 23-21, 21-14 in the semi-final of the Badminton World Federation World Championships in Huelva, Spain, and is assured of winning at least an unprecedented silver medal for Singapore in just his second world championships after reaching the last 16 in 2019.

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