Taipei Times
Date: Apr 29, 2018
By: AFP, SHANGHAI
Lee Chong Wei yesterday suffered a shock defeat in the Asia Championships semi-
Tai Tzu-ying returns to Saina Nehwal yesterday during their singles semi-final match at the Asia Championships in Wuhan, China. Photo: AFP
finals, going down in straight sets to rising Japanese star Kento Momota, as Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying reached the women’s finals.
The 35-year-old, fresh from winning Commonwealth Games gold and reaching the end of one of badminton’s great careers, lost 21-19, 21-14 to the unseeded Momota.
The 23-year-old Momota will play China’s Rio 2016 Olympic champion Chen Long in today’s final in Wuhan.
Third seed Chen was an emphatic 21-16, 21-18 winner over India’s unseeded H.S. Prannoy in the other semi-final. [FULL STORY]
