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Patna : World No in Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings and top seed Kento Momota, 24, Japan, beat World No 3 Chou Tien Chen, 28, Taiwan, in the final to lift the men’s singles title at Fuzhou China Open, a BWF World Tour Super 750 event, on November 11, 2018, at Fuzhou, China.
Momota, the reigning World Champion, beat Chen, the silver medallist at 2018 Asian Games in men’s singles, in a three-game encounter 21-13, 11-21, 21-16 in 67 minutes in the final to lift the singles title. Momota won 53 rallies in the match to 50 by Chen. Both the players won 5 consecutive points each in the match. Momota now leads Chen 9-2 head to head.