A mother's tale of how Loh became a world-beater

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Call it a mother's intuition. For Grace Gan, there were three moments in Loh Kean Yew's life that convinced her that her youngest son could become a successful professional badminton player.
The first was in 2009, when the Penang-born 11-year-old surprisingly won Malaysia's National Junior Grand Prix Under-12 title, beating the more-fancied Lee Zii Jia - this year's All England champion - in the final.
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