Malaysia Masters: Upward Journey Continues
The year continued to bring positive returns for Karupathevan Letshanaa, as the Malaysian banked on home crowd support to take down world No.9 Tomoka Miyazaki in straight games.
· DEV SUKUMAR
This was her first win over a current top 10 player, and her second quarterfinal at an HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament this year.
“I think it’s another good breakthrough for me,” the world No.38 said, following her 21-15 21-17 defeat of Miyazaki, who appeared drained of confidence as the match wore on. “Earlier this year I reached my first Super 500 semifinal in Indonesia, and now I’ve reached the quarterfinals at home. So this definitely gives me confidence and shows that I’m improving and moving in the right direction.”
With Miyazaki having beaten Letshanaa with relative comfort in both their earli