Kento Momota

The two-time singles world champion was scheduled to compete in two Thailand Open series events

Momota was looking forward to make his international comeback in Bangkok, a year after sustaining a career-threatening injury

The world number one Kento Momota admitted his "spirit was almost broken" after the accident in January -- hours after he won the Malaysia Masters -- which killed the driver of the vehicle taking him to Kuala Lumpur airport

Kento Momota -- hurt in a Malaysian car crash earlier this year -- was diagnosed with an orbital floor fracture after he said he suffered double vision during practice, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported

Kento Momota had been in Kuala Lumpur to take part in the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament

Parupalli Kashyap beat Denmark's Jan O Jorgensen 24-22, 21-8 to reach the semi-finals at the Korea Open badminton tournament on Friday.

PV Sindhu faces Nozomi Okuhara in the BWF Badminton World Championships final at around 4:30 PM IST on August 25, in Basel. Meanwhile, Kento Momoto and Anders Antonsen face each other in the men's final, which will take place after the women's final.

B Sai Praneeth's attacking game couldn't dent the defence of an in-form Kento Momota as the Indian went down to the Japanese World No. 1 13-21, 8-21 in a semifinal at the Badminton World Championships in Basel on Saturday.