Sporting Life

No one knows when victory will come. So all Loh Kean Yew can do is fight

Singapore's Loh Kean Yew may have lost at the Thailand Masters but by getting to finals he's giving himself chances. PHOTO: BADMINTON ASSOCIATION OF THAILAND
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Patience. Belief. Sweat.

Same testing hymn. Same tired struggle. Life beats you up, luck doesn’t go your way, shots don’t land precisely, trophy goes to someone else, and there’s nothing else to do but this.

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