A service error doesn't faze Loh as two body smashes helps him build a three-point lead for the first time at 16-13!
Game point! And Kean Yew needs just one to take the first game 21-15! Oh oh, we're halfway there; oh oh, we're living on a prayer!
Surprising how Kean Hean and friends can keep the rice balls in their stomach watch his brother put one hand on the #BWFWorldChampionships men's singles gold medal. Second game, here we go!
And it's a repeat of the first game so far: Kidambi does well to lead 9-6 but the Kean Yew shows his trademark doggedness to claw back the points and lead 11-9 at the interval!
Oh my days. End-to-end stuff now. Kean Yew leads 12-9 but Kidambi fights back and leads 18-16, but the Singaporean is now on match point!
Two match points saved by Kidambi! 20-20, deuce it is!
Loh and behold, Kean Yew is Singapore's first badminton world champion! It took him three match points but he crossed the line and beat Kidambi 21-15, 22-20! What a legend!
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Boy ah, sorry make that Mr World Champion, remember to call your father, mother and second brother ah! Don't make them wait too long even though they probably cannot sleep tonight! 🥲
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