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CNA
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNA
Loh Kean Yew through to Singapore Open quarters, Yeo Jia Min falls to world number 1
SINGAPORE: There were contrasting fortunes for Singapore's top badminton players on Thursday (May 29) as Loh Kean Yew booked his spot in the Singapore Open men's singles quarterfinals, while Yeo Jia Min exited the tournament in the round of 16. At the Singapore Indoor Stadium, world number 10 Loh mounted a sensational comeback late on to beat France's Toma Junior Popov 21-12, 14-21, 21-18 in 65 minutes. "I was pretty lucky at the end. I don't know what I did, but at that point of time, I just did what I did to try to win every point," said Loh. "It was hard to control the draught today, the wind condition, the shuttle, and he was playing very well. So it was hard to play against him just now." The win means that Loh has now triumphed over the world number 16 in all six of their meetings. The 27-year-old looked sharp in the first game as he stormed to a 9-1 lead while his opponent struggled with errors and the drift. But the Frenchman was in control for much of the second and pushed the tie to a decider. The match looked to have slipped out of the hands of the Singaporean as Popov built up a 16-11 lead to silence the home crowd. "It was just fighting spirit. The crowd boosted (me) a lot, and I think it also affected him a little bit, especially at the end where they kept chanting my name," said Loh. But Loh showed remarkable character as he dragged himself back from the brink, celebrating the win with a knee slide and pumped fists. Loh will face his third consecutive French opponent – Popov's younger brother Christo – in the quarter-finals on Friday. The former world champion has a 3-2 head-to-head record against the 23-year-old. Yeo, however, was not able to pull off an upset against world number 1 and defending champion An Se-young. The 23-year-old, who won four consecutive Badminton World Federation Tour titles prior to the tournament in Singapore, took the match 21-14, 21-13 in 41 minutes. World number 11 Yeo kept pace with the reigning women's singles Olympic and world champion early on in the first game, before the South Korean pulled away. But with An shifting into a higher gear in the second, Yeo went into the interval 6-11 behind and could not peg the top seed back. "She was able to be quite quick on her feet, and her shots were pressuring me quite a bit," said Yeo. "Throughout the match, I just on and off played many unforced errors which very quickly widened the gap. That gave me more pressure, because she barely made any mistakes." Yeo saw off world number 12 Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-14, 21-13 in the round of 32 on Tuesday.
Malay Mail
3 days ago
- General
- Malay Mail
Leong Jun Hao stuns world No. 5 Jonatan Christie to reach Singapore Open quarters
SINGAPORE, May 29 — National men's singles player Leong Jun Hao moved into the quarterfinals of the Singapore Open after pulling off a pleasant upset by defeating world number five Jonatan Christie from Indonesia. Jun Hao, reported to be unwell before going into the match, however, won 21-16, 21-19 in straight sets after 53 minutes at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. 'Since arriving in Singapore, I haven't been feeling well, so it affected my rhythm a bit today,' he told Bernama. Not playing in the first round yesterday after receiving a walkover, the world number 25 player refused to give up even when his opponent tried to come back in the second set with more aggressive play. 'I tried to adapt as quickly as possible to the court conditions and focused on today's game. He (Jonatan) changed his game pattern in the second set, but I managed to hold on to secure the victory,' he said. The third victory out of five matches against Jonatan also saw Jun Hao reach the quarter-finals for the first time this year, after his best results previously were only in the second round (Round of 16) at the India Open last January and the Swiss Open last March. The country's sole men's singles player in the Super 750 tournament is determined to play more consistently from now on by improving his current playing style. 'Since last year my performance has been up and down. So start from this, I want to do the best,' said Jun Hao who will face world number two Kunlavut Vitidsarn from Thailand tomorrow for a semi-final spot. The reigning Thailand Open champion earlier defeated Wang Zheng Xing from China 21-8, 21-17. — Bernama
CNA
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CNA
K-pop act NCT Dream performing in Singapore for 2 nights in October
K-pop group NCT Dream will be performing at the Singapore Indoor Stadium for their The Dream Show 4: Dream the Future tour on Oct 18 and 19 this year. NCT Dream – the sub-unit of popular K-pop boy band NCT made up of members Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Chenle and Jisung – previously performed two sold-out shows for The Dream Show 3 tour at the same venue in June 2024. Renjun, however, did not join the group during the 2024 tour due to health concerns. The Dream Show 4 will begin in Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea on Jul 10, with stops in other cities like Bangkok, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Taipei and Kuala Lumpur. Ticket prices for the Singapore show have not been announced. View this post on Instagram A post shared by NCT DREAM OFFICIAL (@nct_dream) The sub-unit debuted in 2016 with the song Chewing Gum and has since released popular tracks like Boom in 2019 and Candy in 2022, as well as multiple studio albums like Hot Sauce in 2021 and their most recent one, Dreamscape in 2024.
CNA
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CNA
Mandopop singer Wakin Chau to perform in Singapore this July
Mandopop legend Wakin Chau, 64, will return to Singapore this July for a one-night concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Titled The Younger Me Concerts 3.0, the show comes a year after his last performance in Singapore at Marina Bay Sands. Chau will be delighting concertgoers on Jul 19 with nostalgic tunes such as Friends and The Flowery Heart. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Live Nation SG (@livenationsg) Tickets for the concert will cost between S$138 and S$288. There will be two presale sessions for the show: The first will be for Mastercard holders from 2pm on May 14 to 12pm on May 15; the second will be for Live Nation members from 2pm on May 15 to 12pm on May 16. General sales will then start at 2pm on May 16. In a career spanning close to four decades, Chau has released a bevy of evergreen Mandopop tunes. Speaking about his latest concert, Chau said: 'I've spent so many years constantly flying, performing for others... This time, I want to sing the songs that truly matter to me: The songs I want to sing for myself.'
