Taipei Tims
Date: Jan 28, 2018
By: CNA, with staff writer
Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen yesterday failed to reach the men’s singles finals at the 2018
Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting returns against Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen yesterday in their Indonesia Masters semi-final at Istana Olahraga Gelora Bung Karno in Jakarta. Photo: AP
Indonesia Masters after losing to Anthony Ginting of Indonesia.
The world No. 16 Ginting, who was coming off a quarter-final showing in Malaysia last week and had upset world No. 4 Chen Long of China two weeks in a row, topped the world No. 7 Chou 21-16, 13-21, 21-12 in 65 minutes.
The match was decided by big momentum swings.
In the opening game, Chou sped out to a 10-6 lead, but Ginting then ran off seven straight points and maintained a small lead the rest of the game, clinching it by winning the final three points.
Chou took over the second game with a 9-2 run midway through the game that put him up by 10 points, a lead Ginting narrowed slightly, but could not overcome.
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