HIGH-FLYING Kento Momota played a starring role to lead Japan into the Thomas Cup final but he remains grounded. Japan face China in the final today. On his opening match against Chen Long today in the final, Momota said: “I’ve beaten him (at the Asian Championships in China last month). I’ll be out to win the first point.”Axelsen saluted Momota and looked forward to more exciting matches with the crafty southpaw. It will be tough against China tomorrow (today) though,” he said.

Source: The Star May 26, 2018 23:26 UTC