Loh Kean Yew and Yeo Jia Min dodge big guns in the men's and women's singles group stage.
SINGAPORE – The Republic’s badminton players are in pole position to make it to the Olympic knockout rounds after getting favourable draws for the July 26-Aug 11 Paris Games.
Singapore’s world No. 20 Yeo Jia Min sneaked in as the last of 13 seeded players among the 39-strong field after Thailand’s former world champion Ratchanok Intanon slipped from 18th to 21st in the July 9 world rankings, which were used to determine the seedings. In the mixed doubles, husband-and-wife duo Terry Hee and Jessica Tan will also fancy their chances of making it into the last eight . They were drawn in Group B alongside China’s world No. 2 Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping, Malaysia’s ninth-ranked Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei and world No. 30 Americans Vinson Chiu and Jennie Gai.
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