BWF Madrid Spain Masters 2024: Loh Kean Yew safely into second round
Highest ranked men's player at the event comes through opening match unscathed.
Badminton
Singapore's Loh Kean Yew needed just 22 minutes to wrap up an opening round win at the BWF Madrid Spain Masters 2024 on Wednesday (27 March).
The badminton tournament's second seed in men's singles beat Huang Yu Kai 21-8, 21-15 in the round of 32 match-up .
Loh will face Christo Popov of France in round two.
Earlier PV Sindhu booked her place in the second round of the women's singles with a 21-16, 21-12 win over Wen Yu Zhang of Canada. Sindhu is the highest remaining seed in the event after Spain's Carolina Marin withdrew on the eve of the tournament.
Find all the results from the day's action here.
The latter stages of the tournament are available to stream live on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and the official Paris 2024 Olympics app (territorial restrictions may apply).
BWF Madrid Spain Masters 2024: How to watch on TV and livestream online
You can watch the weekend action from the Madrid Spain Masters 2024 on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and the official Paris 2024 Olympics app for mobile devices (territorial restrictions may apply).
It will also be available on the BWF TV YouTube channel and on various domestic television broadcasters: in Singapore, games can be watched on SPOTV. Check local listings for details.
For fans in Singapore, Madrid is seven hours behind Singapore Standard Time (six hours on Sunday due to the switch to summer time in the European nation).
If you are unable to find a screen to watch the matches, look out for Olympics.com's reports on the results and best of the action from the event.