Loh Kean Yew

2022 - 4 - 29

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Badminton: Loh Kean Yew loses to Indonesia's Jonatan Christie in ... (The Straits Times)

Singapore's world champion falls 22-20, 23-21 in 47 minutes. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

The reigning world champion, who was also on Friday named The Straits Times Athlete of the Year 2021, was beaten by Indonesian Jonatan Christie 22-20, 23-21 in a tight affair at the Muntinlupa Sports Complex in Manila. Christie, who is two places above Loh in the world rankings at No. 8, also beat the Singaporean at last year's Tokyo Olympics group stage, stopping Loh from reaching the knockout round. SINGAPORE - Loh Kean Yew's bid for an Asian title ended on Friday (April 29) after a quarter-final exit at the Badminton Asia Championships.

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Badminton player Loh Kean Yew is The Straits Times' Athlete of the ... (The Business Times)

Loh Kean Yew was his usual affable self when he visited The Straits Times office for a show held to honour him as the ST Athlete of the Year 2021.

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Badminton Asia: Christie knocks off world champ Loh to advance to ... (Tiebreaker Times)

World no. 8 Jonatan Christie of Indonesia escaped with a hard-fought win against reigning World Champion Loh Kean Yew.

Iwanaga Rin and Nakanishi Kie scored a huge upset in the women’s doubles past world no. Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik secured a berth for a Malaysian pair in the final as they advanced into the semifinals of men’s doubles, scoring a three-setter against India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, 12-21, 21-14, 21-16. World no. In the women’s singles, world no. On the other side of the draw, world no. 7 Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia and Weng Hong Yang of China will battle for the other finals berth.

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