KUALA LUMPUR -- China's top male badminton player Lin Dan lost to Park Sung Hwan of South Korea in the men's singles second round of the Malaysia Open on Thursday.

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Park overcame Lin in their first set 21-14 and led in the second set until 10-5. Lin, the world's top seeding shuttler, once tried to bridge the gap by launching fierce counterattacks and managed to tie with Park 12-all.

However, Park strove to resist Lin's attacks, widen the gap to 19-15 and then finished his battle 21-17.

Lin won Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat here at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium on Wednesday in the first round 21-19 and 23-21.