SINGAPORE: No stranger to a giant-killing run over the years, it was world number 9 Loh Kean Yew’s turn to be on the receiving end on Friday (Aug 29) after losing to Canada’s Victor Lai in the BWF World Championships men's singles quarter-finals.

In their first meeting, world championship debutant Lai, ranked 50th in the world, took the match 22-20, 21-18 at the Adidas Arena in Paris.

In the early exchanges, there was little separating both players, and it was the unruffled Lai, 20, who went into the interval 11-8 ahead after picking up four consecutive points.

But Loh, 28, has shown grit throughout the tournament, and capitalised on a number of errors by Lai to overturn the deficit and take a 17-12 lead.

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