PETALING JAYA: Kento Momota is one of the most consistent men’s singles players in world badminton this season. Yesterday, the 23-year-old Japanese bagged his fifth back-to-back titles by emerging as the Macau Open champion. Momota had earlier won the fifth-tier United States International Series, fourth-tier Belgian International Challenge and two second-tier tournaments at the Czech and Dutch Opens. His only defeat was in the final at the Canada Open in July. 24 Kazumasa Sakai, Kenta Nishimoto (31), Kanta Tsuneyama (34), Takuma Ueda (50) and Yu Igarashi (56).

Source: The Star November 13, 2017 00:56 UTC