Singapore's Loh Kean Yew beats India's Lakshya Sen, advances to Asian Games round of 16

The Singaporean will next face Malaysia's Justin Hoh or Bangladesh's Gourab Singha later on Saturday.

Singapore's Loh Kean Yew in action against India's Lakshya Sen during their Men's Singles 2nd Round Badminton match of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, Sep 26, 2026. (Photo: CNA/Wallace Woon)

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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.

CNA Games Guess Word Crack the word, one row at a time Buzzword Create words using the given letters Mini Sudoku Tiny puzzle, mighty brain teaser Mini Crossword Small grid, big challenge Word Search Spot as many words as you can Show More Show Less And the Singaporean looked in imperious form, with Sen having no answer to his trademark smashes and precise drop shots. Things were closer in the second game as Sen took a slender one point lead going into the break. A more aggressive approach from the Indian coupled with a number of errors from Loh took the match to a decider. Things swung the way of Loh early on in the third as he led 8-3 and held his nerve despite Sen coming back from 8-14 to 13-14. The Singaporean shuttler will next face Malaysia's Justin Hoh or Bangladesh's Gourab Singha later on Saturday. At the 2023 Hangzhou Games, Loh lost to Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong at the same stage of the competition. Loh is among four badminton players representing Singapore at the Games. Singapore's top women's singles player Yeo Jia Min, and the men's doubles pair of Wesley Koh and Junsuke Kubo are set to feature later on Saturday. Singapore's only Games badminton medal has been the women's team bronze at the 2006 Doha Games.

And the Singaporean looked in imperious form, with Sen having no answer to his trademark smashes and precise drop shots.

Things were closer in the second game as Sen took a slender one point lead going into the break. A more aggressive approach from the Indian coupled with a number of errors from Loh took the match to a decider.

Things swung the way of Loh early on in the third as he led 8-3 and held his nerve despite Sen coming back from 8-14 to 13-14.

The Singaporean shuttler will next face Malaysia's Justin Hoh or Bangladesh's Gourab Singha later on Saturday.

At the 2023 Hangzhou Games, Loh lost to Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong at the same stage of the competition.

Loh is among four badminton players representing Singapore at the Games. Singapore's top women's singles player Yeo Jia Min, and the men's doubles pair of Wesley Koh and Junsuke Kubo are set to feature later on Saturday.

Singapore's only Games badminton medal has been the women's team bronze at the 2006 Doha Games.

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在市宫市体育馆，世界排名第13位的选手以21-12、15-21、21-14的比分击败了世界排名第14位的选手森。两位选手在上一轮均轮空。

罗在去年早些时候与森的上次交锋中获胜，但在周六的比赛之前，他与对手的交锋记录为 4-7。

在团体赛中获得铜牌的森开局便以5-1领先。但落后的局面似乎激发了这位新加坡选手的斗志，他连得10分，在中场休息时反超6分。

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这位新加坡选手状态极佳，森对他的标志性扣杀和精准的放短球毫无招架之力。

第二局比赛双方比分更加胶着，森在中场休息时仅以一分微弱优势领先。随后，森采取了更加积极的进攻策略，加上洛的一系列失误，比赛进入决胜局。

第三局比赛一开始，罗就取得了8-3的领先优势，尽管森从8-14追至13-14，但罗仍然保持了冷静。

这位新加坡羽毛球运动员将于周六晚些时候迎战马来西亚的贾斯汀·霍或孟加拉国的古拉布·辛哈。

在2023年杭州奥运会上，罗志祥在同一阶段的比赛中输给了马来西亚选手吴子勇。

罗是代表新加坡参加本届运动会的四名羽毛球运动员之一。新加坡女子单打头号选手杨佳敏以及男子双打组合许文远和久保纯介将于周六晚些时候出场。

新加坡在奥运会羽毛球项目上唯一获得的奖牌是2006年多哈奥运会女子团体铜牌。

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