Jun Hao stuns China's Shifeng to reach Indian Open second round


PETALING JAYA: Men's singles shuttler Leong Jun Hao pulled off a sensational win over China's world No. 6 Li Shifeng to progress to the second round of the Indian Open.

Jun Hao had never beaten Shifeng before, losing all four of his previous meetings including in the Japan Masters final last November, but fought brilliantly to come away with a 18-21, 21-17, 21-17 victory at the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday (Jan 14).

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