PETALING JAYA: It was supposed to be the biggest moment of his junior career but pint-sized Soong Joo Ven failed in his bid to become the country’s second Asian junior boys’ singles champion – on a day when China ended empty-handed for the first time in the history of the competition yesterday.
The 17-year-old Joo Ven went down 13-21, 20-22 to the higher ranked Kento Momota of Japan in a 34-minute final in the Asian Junior Badminton Championships in Gimcheon, South Korea.
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