SINGAPORE: Singapore's Loh Kean Yew displayed remarkable resilience on Thursday (Aug 28) and dug himself out from one game down to beat Japan's Kodai Naraoka, booking his spot in the BWF World Championships men's singles quarter-finals.

At the Adidas Arena in Paris, the 2021 world champion secured victory in just over an hour despite a lopsided opener where he lost 5-21.

Loh, who missed the Japan and China Opens in July due to a bacterial infection, took the next two games 21-19, 21-19.

Naraoka is ranked eighth in the world, one spot above Loh. But the 24-year-old has never beaten the Singaporean, and the loss takes Loh to 7-0 against the World Championships silver medalist.

Loh will on Friday face either South Korea's Jeon Hyeok-jin or Canada's Victor Lai, both of whom are unseeded.

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