After his brother had already fought his way through to the next round in the afternoon, Toma Junior POPOV from France also won his men's singles match today. The world number 16 and his opponent NG Ka Long Angus from Hong Kong fought a thrilling duel. The first set was largely even. At 18:18, the Frenchman secured the first set with three points in a row. After the changeover, the Frenchman was able to open up a seven-point lead. However, NG fought his way back but had to let POPOV pull away for good at 16:15. POPOV reached the next round with a final score of 21:18 and 21:16.
