Eogene, Ling Ching fall short in Canada Open quarter-finals
Eogene, the world No. 98, fell 21-6, 11-21, 21-9 to Canada's world No. 72 Victor Lai in the men's singles.
While a last-eight finish remains a commendable feat - his first at a Super 300 tournament - it was still a missed opportunity for the 20-year-old Eogene, especially after receiving a walkover in the first round from Japan's world No. 40 Takuma Obayashi.
Victor is from the same generation as Eogene, and the Malaysian would have fancied his chances of progressing further into the tournament and picking up invaluable world ranking points.
Ling Ching, meanwhile, pushed Vietnam's second seed Nguyen Thuy Linh to the limit before going down 17-21, 22-20, 21-15 in a hard-fought encounter that lasted 66 minutes.
The 20-year-old, who had stunned fourth seed Line Christophersen of Denmark earlier in the tournament, can still take pride in reaching the quarter-finals of a Super 300 event for only the second time in her career.
Thuy Linh, the world No. 22, is widely regarded as Vietnam's top women's player since former men's world No. 5 Nguyen Tien Minh.
A three-time Vietnam Open champion, the 27-year-old has been in fine form this year, making the quarter-finals of both the Malaysia Masters and Indonesia Masters, and finishing runner-up at the German Open in 2025 and 2025.
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