New Delhi: Japan's top-ranked player Kento Momota, who defeated India's P. Kashyap in the semi-finals, won the Korea Open title. He defeated Chou Tien Chen of Taiwan to win the men's singles title of Korea Open badminton tournament. Momota defeated world number two Chou 21–19 21–17 in a 53-minute match.
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Momota has won more than 300 wins, his career derailed when he was suspended for more than a year in 2016 for going to an illegal casino and due to this, he was not even in the 2016 Rio Olympics. This Japanese star was then the world's number two player.
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But Momota then went on to the top, performing brilliantly and raising the hopes of the Olympics ahead of the Tokyo Olympics with a title win on Sunday. In the women's final, China's Bingjiao defeated Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon 18-21 24-22 21-17 to win the title. South Korea dominated the women's doubles with Kim Soo Yong and Kong Hee Yong winning 13-21 21-19 21-17 over Lee Soo Hee and Shin Seung Chan.
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