Malaysian badminton star Lee suffers shock defeat
By AFP
April 29, 2018
SHANGHAI, China: Lee Chong Wei suffered a shock defeat in the Asia Championships semi-finals on Saturday, the Malaysian great going down in straight sets to rising Japanese star Kento Momota.
The 35-year-old Lee 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 Sunday´s final in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
Chen, the third seed, was an emphatic 21-16, 21-18 winner over India´s unseeded H.S. Prannoy in the other semi-final.
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