Kento caps stellar year with 11th title

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KUALA LUMPUR: World number one Kento Momota fought back from a game down to win his 11th badminton title of the year with victory at the US$1.5mil (RM6.2mil) BWF World Tour Finals in China.

The peerless Japanese defeated Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting 17-21,21-17,21-14 in 87 high-quality minutes at the season-ending showpiece in Guangzhou.“At this World Tour Finals I played carefully from the first match partly with the aim of winning an 11th title, ” the 25-year-old Momota said.Momota was pushed all the way by the speedy Ginting and the Japanese fell 12-5 down in the deciding third game to the world number eight.

The fading Indonesian continued but Momota rammed home his advantage to seal a stellar season in style.“He led but I was patient, ” said Momota, who was banned for a year in 2016 for illegal gambling.In the women’s final, China’s Chen Yufei also roared back from a game down to defeat Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying 12-21,21-12,21-17.Article type: free

 

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