Kenta and Kanta’s Chance to Shine in Kento’s Absence – Thailand Open: Day 2
World No. 1 and top seed Japan’s Kento Momota’s withdrawal from the TOYOTA Thailand Open 2019 due to a strained left thigh muscle leaves the door open for teammates Kanta Tsuneyama and Kenta Nishimoto to shine. And…
· GEETHANJALI LAKSHMAYYA
World No. 1 and top seed Japan’s Kento Momota’s withdrawal from the TOYOTA Thailand Open 2019 due to a strained left thigh muscle leaves the door open for teammates Kanta Tsuneyama and Kenta Nishimoto to shine. And shine they did.
It took 66 minutes of hard-fought play before Tsuneyama won against Sourabh Verma of India 23-21 19-21 21-5.
“I played two long qualifying matches yesterday and now this one went long too. He (Tsuneyama) started out fresh and he moved well on court today. At this stage, no one expects these matches to be easy but by the third, I just could not push myself anymore,” said Verma.