Toma Junior Popov passes the 1st round at the Bali Badminton tournament – Fos sur Mer – Sports

The Daihatsu Indonesia Masters 2021 kicked off today in Bali. Toma Junior Popov spent the first round of this Super 750 tournament this afternoon. Nominated for the title of the most promising player of the year, the Fosséen (34th world) dominated the Korean Kwanghee Heo (28th world) 21 / 17 21/14

Tomorrow Christo Popov (71st in the world) will face the Indian Kidambi (15th in the world). Also tomorrow, in doubles, the brothers (29th world) will have to achieve an immense performance to get rid of the Indonesians Ahsan / Setiawan (world No. 2).

The brand new French champion Yaëlle Hoyaux was also due to play in this Asian tournament but the Badminton Club de Fos player had to return to France for a vaccine problem (her vaccination schedule considered complete in France was not in Indonesia, which claims double vaccination).

Note that the Popov brothers will then continue with the Indonesian Open (Super 1000) next week. Tomi will face the Indian Praaneth (16th in the world) in the 1st round. In doubles it will be against the pair from Malaysia Goh / Izzudin (19th in the world)