(Reuters) - Badminton world number one Son wan-ho eased past Finland's Kalle Koljonen 21-14 21-16 in the opening round of the BWF World Championships in Glasgow on Monday.
The South Korean top seed dismantled Koljonen, ranked number 72 in the world, in 44 minutes at the Emirates arena. In the second round, the 29-year-old Son takes on the winner of the match between Austria's Vilson Vattanirappel and Hungary's Gergely Krausz.
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