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Patna : World No 1 Kento Momota, 25, Japan, beat World No 3 Anders Antonsen, 22, Denmark, in three-games in a Group A match in HSBC BWF World Tour Finals at Guangzhou, China, on December 12, 2019.
Two-time World Champion Momota , who has won 31 career titles, edged past Antonsen 19-21, 21-15, 21-15 in 83 minutes at Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, battling back from one game down. Momota won 61 rallies in the match to 51 by Antonsen. He won 5 consecutive points to 8 by Antonsen. Momota now leads Antonsen 5-1 Head to Head.
World No 19 Wang Tzu Wei, Chinese Taipei, beat Asian Games Champion and World No 6 Jonatan Christie, Indonesia, 21-12, 21-17 in 44 minutes in another Group A match.