Badminton: Singapore's next generation of shuttlers tipped to be 'world class'

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SINGAPORE: During one of her family vacations many years ago, Mrs Judy Yeo had concerns that her young daughter would smash up the hotel room. ...

SINGAPORE: During one of her family vacations many years ago, Mrs Judy Yeo had concerns that her young daughter would smash up the hotel room.

"Jia Min still needs to grow in terms of game plan and her winning mentality has to be more consistent," said national singles' coach Kelvin Ho. "We saw one coach there and we sent her to the coach. That’s how it started ... We just packed her off, it wasn’t like intentional, like get her started on proper training. We just wanted her not to bug us!"

And in 2017, at the age of 18, the Singapore Sports School graduate climbed all the way to the top of the"What has not changed from the day she picked up the racket is her love for the game, her determination, her discipline. It’s in her," said Mrs Yeo. "Specifically, I hope to break through to the top 15 in the world by this year or before the Olympics."Ranked 48th in the world, 21-year-old Loh Kean Yew is currently the Republic's highest ranked men's shuttler.beating two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan in the Thailand Masters finals in January,"It's been quite a big hoo-ha, even though it was not that big of a thing," he said.

 

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