Ginting Ends Momota’s Streak – French Open: Day 4
Kento Momota’s incredible 28-match winning streak came to an end at the YONEX French Open 2019, going down in two games at the hands of Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.
· Lloyd Green
There was a sense of inevitability that this was going to be the match where his run ended.
The world No.1 was coming off two gruelling matches against Wang Tzu Wei and Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus – each lasting well over 70 minutes and requiring supreme efforts to claw his way back after dropping the opener.
Momota himself indicated following his DANISA Denmark Open 2019 win on Sunday that it was becoming harder to maintain his level. “It’s really difficult to keep winning in this very tight schedule,” he said.