SEA Games: Loh Kean Yew powers into s-finals, stays on course for rare men's singles gold
Ruling title holder Loh Kean Yew kept on track to land Singapore's most memorable SEA Games badminton men's singles gold starting around 1983, as he fueled his direction into the semi-finals at the Bac Giang Gymnasium on Friday (20 May).
The top-cultivated shuttler, positioned No.10 on the planet, effortlessly crushed the Philippines' Jewel Angel Albo 21-7, 21-8 in the quarter-finals to set up a semi-last conflict with Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh. 먹튀검증
Nguyen, positioned world No.69, progressed after his quarter-last rival Khosit Phetpradab of Thailand resigned with injury while following 1-17 in the main set.
In the other portion of the semi-last section, Singapore shuttler Jason Teh will confront Thailand's second-cultivated Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Teh had crushed Indonesia's Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 21-16, 21-16 to set up the conflict with the Thai, who is right now positioned world No.18.
Being the highest level player left in the opposition, Loh will be liked to turn into the second Singaporean after Wong Shoon Keat to win the men's singles gold.
Other than Wong's notable accomplishment at the 1983 Games on home soil, Singapore have won the badminton gold decoration on just two different events: in 2003 when the ladies' shuttlers won the group gold in Ho Chi Minh City, and in 2011 when Fu Mingtian won the ladies' singles gold in Jakarta.
Other Singaporean shuttlers who arrived at the semi-finals
Loh's senior sibling Kean Hean and accomplice Terry Hee likewise arrived at the men's duplicates semi-finals, in the wake of expelling the Thai sets of Peeratchai Sukphun and Pakkapon Teeraratsakul 21-18, 21-13 in their quarter-last tie.
They have an extreme task straightaway, as they will confront top-cultivated Indonesians Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Rambitan for a spot in the last.
Hee was anyway unfit to progress into the blended pairs semi-finals in with his significant other and playing accomplice Tan Wei Han, after the team barely lost their quarter-last tie 19-21, 19-21 to Malaysia's Chen Tang Jie and Peck Yen Wei.
In the ladies' singles, Yeo Jia Min likewise crashed out in the quarter-finals, losing 12-21, 16-21 to Thailand's Phittayaporn Chaiwan.