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.
The world No. 7 will meet Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn, who defeated former world champion from Singapore Loh Kean Yew 21-11, 20-22, 21-14. Axelsen was in sublime form in the last eight clash against another Japanese shuttler Kenta Nishimoto as the Dane chalked up a one-sided 21-6, 21-12 win in 38 minutes.
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