{
  "id": 15748939,
  "title": "Another false dawn from Jun Hao after European nightmare",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/another-false-dawn-from-jun-hao-after-european-nightmare",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T13:08:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/2026/10/1560004/another-false-dawn-jun-hao-after-european-nightmare"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kuala Lumpur: Despite a brief European resurgence, Malaysian badminton player Jun Hao faced yet another setback at the French Open, where he lost to Japan's Koki Watanabe in the first round. This marks the second consecutive first-round elimination for the Malaysian men's singles player. Jun Hao's performance has been consistently poor this year, failing to advance beyond the last eight in 15 tournaments, with nine of those losses coming in the first round. Former national mixed doubles head coach Nova Widianto formed a partnership with Jimmy Wong-Cheng Su Yin after Su Yin's previous partner left the team. However, Su Yin's inconsistency persisted, leading to a defeat against the world No. 12 Indonesian pair Amri Syahnawi-Nita Violina Marwah.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: The mini revival Leong Jun Hao was hoping for at the European swing has gone flat.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}