Lee suffers shock defeat

Lee Chong Wei suffered a shock defeat in the Asia Championships semifinals on Saturday, the Malaysian great going down in straight sets to rising Japanese star Kento Momota.

The 35-year-old Lee, fresh from winning Commonwealth Games gold and reaching the end of one of badminton’s great careers, lost 21-19, 21-14 to the unseeded Momota. The 23-yearold Momota will play China’s Rio 2016 Olympic champion Chen Long in Sunday’s final in the Chinese city of Wuhan.