Thailand Open: An Se Young, Momota Crash Out
An Se Young, Kento Momota and Anders Antonsen were high-profile casualties in the opening round of the GR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING Thailand Open 2022 on Thursday.
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Fourth seed An Se Young was beaten by Denmark’s Line Christophersen, who scored her first win in three matches, 21-16 11-21 21-18.
Momota fell in under half-an-hour to Zhao Jun Peng, 21-8 21-11, who will take on Kantaphon Wangcharoen next. In the same quarter, HS Prannoy, one of the stars of India’s winning Thomas Cup campaign, fell to Malaysia’s Liew Daren 21-17 15-21 21-15.
Third seed Anders Antonsen was shown the door by Shesar Hiren Rhustavito in three games; the Indonesian next faces Brian Yang, vanquisher of Lu Guang Zu.