“Lee Chong Wei’s attacks are amazing, at first I wanted to play defensively but it turned out that I lost so many points through that approach and that was not good for me, so I tried to attack him and it overturned the position,” as stated by Momota during Press Conference.

On the second set, Momota led the game by 5 points until the break, where the score stood at 11-6 for Momota. Fortunately, Momota has his confidence boosted and take many points away from Lee Chong Wei until the game stood at 20-8 to Momota’s advantage. After that moment, Momota lost 4 consecutive points, but in the end Momota grab the victory on the second game with the end result of 21-12.

“I was very happy, especially happy with the Indonesian supporters, because many people supported me during the game, so now I have my confidence boosted I managed to beat Lee Chong Wei in Indonesia and during a prestigious tournament like this,” Momota added.

The last time Momota won Indonesia Open title was during the Indonesia Open 2015, that year, he defeated the defending champion, Jan O Jorgensen (DEN) with the score of 16-21, 21-19, 21-7. Moreover, the last time he met Lee Chong Wei was during the final match of Malaysia Open 2018, where the match was won by Lee Chong Wei with the score of 17-21, 21-23.

In the final round of Blibli Indonesia Open 2018, Momota will see Viktor Axelsen (DEN), who is also the current world’s No. 1 player. Momota leads the head-to-head statistics between Axelsen and he, the record stands at 7-2. The last time Momota win a match against Axelsen was during the Thomas Cup 2018, where he won it on a straight match of 21-17, 21-19.

“I know Axelsen is an athlete that owns both amazing defensive mind attacking mind and he is a world class player. It is certain that I will rest myself for today and I will show my best for tomorrow,.” he added.