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Alex Lanier Beats Loh Kean Yew to Win Singapore Open Men's Title

Lanier's three-set win on May 31 denies Singapore its first men’s singles champion since 1962.

Overview

  • Alex Lanier defeated Loh Kean Yew 17-21, 21-15, 21-14 to claim the KFF Singapore Badminton Open men's singles title.
  • Loh reached his first home final after a string of tough three-game wins over Srikanth Kidambi, H. S. Prannoy, Chi Yu-jen and Koki Watanabe.
  • Organisers and Sport Singapore arranged free live streaming on SPOTV platforms and public screenings at ActiveSG and People’s Association venues to broaden access to the final.
  • Loh earned US$34,000 as runner-up, pushing his combined career-related earnings past the million-dollar mark, and he is scheduled to play next at the Indonesia Open from June 2 to 7.
  • The win is Lanier's second BWF World Tour title of the year and his third victory in four meetings with Loh, while world No. 1 An Se-young won the women's singles crown at the same tournament.