Men's Singles | Lee Chia Hao (TPE) vs. Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA) | Badminton 2026

Lee Cheol Ho to serve. Love all. Play. So Lee to get us underway and not in the... I always find it quite interesting. It's just wide I think. He tournaments like the World Championships. He's just won the last four he's played. You might forgive him for relaxing a little bit at the Indonesia Open. He can pick up more ranking points here. You only take the top ten results. He's at the top of the rankings this week. I think also winning is infectious. And once you've got the taste for it, you just want more. That was why some days he looks nigh on unplayable and others can't do much right and makes mistakes like that. And therefore the chance of making the odd mistake are more probable. Yeah, he just doesn't have enough of those days because it's not a percentage play. That's a great deal. He's making enough noise for a full stadium at times. Astora crowd. Exceptional, this arena. Well that's a great first. More of the same here. It's better from Lee. Of this game because he didn't really have to do that much. There's one or two smashes. But otherwise, Chieh Hao was all out attack and missing the court too often. Intonon did the same. And look how her career panned out. We've seen some brilliant world junior champions go on to do great things. Yamaguchi, Axelsson. Superstar in the making is surely going to go on to do amazing things at senior level. And just to control your surroundings and deal with the pressure. Everyone finds that. Or everyone handles that in very different ways. And for some, it's a difficult sort of... ...have perhaps taken their foot off the gas a little. Axelsson's been a little bit more comfortable for Wittesand. If you do, you deserve it. But you can't keep it up. For every rally, Wittesand just backs the rest of his game to be enough. That's wide again. 10 to 15 of Wittesand's points have come from Lee Chieh Hao missing the court. Feels about right. Late decision from the tight. He got away with it though, didn't he? Can he finish it here? Yes, he can. Second game. Glove wall. Good play. Second game underway then. This is a need for pretty much the whole match thus far. De Niro is just silver, so to speak, at the All England. And then other days... ...even from this position after losing to 10. If he plays it, it's very... ...leaving that to go out wide. Right, so that goes to not positive enough decision making. Absolutely. That's in as well. Good reactions from both players, in fact. Well, that's one of the best rallies Lee Chieh Hao has played. Seeing him around the court, like we said, Chen Yifei was doing so well. And interestingly, there haven't been that many times in the second game where Wittesand... ...has dominated and hit the floor with a winner. The previous rally were a whole game. Short lift. Oh, brilliant defence. Fantastic. And again, Lee gets beaten by a shot. And in the next rally or two... ...can't keep the shuttle in himself. Still get the sense that anything could happen in this match yet. Simply due to the inconsistency of Lee Chieh. Well, that was perfect. Very good sort of anticipation, second guess almost from Lee. Yeah, I don't think he'll be watching that opening game back. ...as he made and how easy he made life for his opponent. He's full serving. Yeah, exactly. So Lee... ...might have been going wide, but it doesn't matter. Well, it's possible. No, he answers no. Yeah. Beaten in straight games by... ...Annie Murray.