2024-08-28 01:24:29
Sunday, August 25, 2024 – 12:53 WIB
Alex Lanier. Photo: Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP
jpnn.com – YOKOHAMA – 19-year-old French youth, Alex Lanier became the men’s singles champion of the 2024 Japan Open Super 750.
Don’t say Lanier won because Viktor Axelsen was absent, or Anders Antonsen and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting retired in the first round.
Lanier won because he was great at the right time.
In the final match at Yokohama Arena, Sunday (25/8) afternoon WIB, Lanier defeated Taiwanese champion Chou Tien Chen.
Lanier needed 69 minutes (BWF statistics) to beat CTC in straight games 21-17, 22-20.
The victory made the world number 29 equalize the head to head position with CTC to 1-1.
Before hitting CTC in the final, Lanier conquered a number of big-name singles.
Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia) fell victim to Lanier in the first round, 21-18, 21-13.
Don’t say Alex Lanier became champion because Anthony Sinisuka Ginting retired in the first round.
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