Badminton: Loh Kean Yew loses to Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in Indonesia Open final


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SINGAPORE – In the end, it was one giant too many for national shuttler Loh Kean Yew to overcome as he lost 21-13, 9-21, 21-13 to world No.2 Viktor Axelsen in the final of the Indonesia Open on Sunday (Nov 28). Loh, the 24-year-old world No. 26, had beaten higher-ranked opponents – most notably world No. 1 Kento Momota – in his run to the final of the US$850,000 (S$1.16 million) Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 1000 event at the Bali International Convention Centre. But 27-year-old Dane Axelsen, who won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in...