SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew overcame Japan’s Kodai Naraoka in a 93-minute thriller on Wednesday (Mar 4) and advanced to the men’s singles round of 16 at the All-England Open. At the Utilita Arena Birmingham, world-ranked 10 Loh came back from 15-19 down in the decider and saved three match points to claim a 14-21, 21-19, 24-22 victory. He is now unbeaten against the world number 9 in all eight career meetings. Loh will next face France’s Christo Popov, whom he has a 3-4 head-to-head record against. At last year’s edition, the Singaporean made the quarterfinals before he was eliminated by world number 1 Shi Yu Qi. Earlier in the day, Loh’s compatriot Jason Teh went down 11-21, 21-10, 15-21 to Indonesia’s fourth seed Jonatan Christie. Teh, ranked 34th in the world, has yet to beat the world number 4 in five meetings. In the women’s singles, Singapore’s world number 38 Yeo Jia Min also progressed to the round of 16 after Thailand’s seventh seed Ratchanok Intanon retired due to injury.  Yeo had fallen behind …