Japan make breathtaking strides in men’s singles


JAPAN have been the revelation in the men’s singles as Kanta Tsuneyama and Kodai Naraoka continued their giantkilling run in the tournament by storming into the semi-finals at the Axiata Arena yesterday.

Unseeded Tsuneyama, who had dispatched off Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu and world No. 5 Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan in his earlier rounds, stunned world No. 4 Anthony Ginting of Indonesia 21-14, 21-16 in the last eight.

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