09 Jul Underdog Momota tops Blibli Badminton Open
Japanese Kento Momota came through with the worthiest victory after he brought down top seed Viktor Axelsen, 21-14, 21-9, in snatching the men’s singles gold of the Blibli Indonesian Open 2018 set July 3 to 8, 2018.
It capped Momota’s fairy tale run after he also eliminated other big guns like fourth seed Srikanth Kidambi of India in the opening round and seventh pick Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in semifinals.
It was one of the two golds won by Japan, the other being the women’s doubles by Yumi Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota.
The host country likewise copped a couple of golds thanks to Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in the men’s doubles and Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir in the mixed doubles.
Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying emerged the women’s singles champion.