Tsuneyama Upsets Chen Long – Japan Open: Day 1
Home hope Kanta Tsuneyama sent Chen Long crashing to his second opening round loss this season, as the fifth seed was packed off in straight games at the DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open 2019 today.
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Another seed to fall on the opening day was Ratchanok Intanon – the women’s singles seventh seed offering little resistance to Korea’s Kim Ga Eun, 21-15 21-13.
Chen’s misery continued into a second successive week following a second round exit in Indonesia. He had earlier this year fallen in the opening round of the All England.
After going down tamely in the opening game, Chen held the upper hand until the interval in the second, but Tsuneyama quickly caught up and closed out the contest in 52 minutes, 21-14 21-17.