Kento bids to be head Master


Collision course: Kento Momota (left) is on a 10-match unbeaten streak since he last went down to Indonesia’s anthony Ginting (below) at the French Open last year. They are expected to meet in the quarter-finals.

ALL eyes will be on world No. 1 Kento Momota when the men’s singles competition of the Perodua Malaysian Masters gets under way today.The 25-year-old Japanese was in sensational form last year, winning a record-breaking 11 titles out of the 12 finals, including the three major ones – the World Championships, All-England and World Tour Finals.

He played a total of 73 matches and won 67 of them – a winning percentage of more than 90%.

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