Singapore's Nge Joo Jie and Johann Prajogo in action against Jivan Acharya and Bishnu Katwal of Nepal in the Asian Games men's doubles.HANGZHOU – Former junior world No. 1s Nge Joo Jie and Johann Prajogo are the last Singaporeans standing in the Asian Games badminton competition, after the 106th-ranked men’s doubles pair cruised past unranked Nepalese Jivan Acharya and Bishnu Katuwal 21-11, 21-4 on Wednesday to progress to the quarter-finals.
Nge added: “Tomorrow’s opponents are hard to break down, so today we tried to emphasise more on shot placement to move our opponents around and make things uncomfortable for them, which we will try to replicate tomorrow.” Yeo, 24, said: “I made fewer mistakes and she was a bit nervous in the first game. After that, I couldn’t find the lengths in my shots, that broke my momentum and I started being more impatient. I’m very disappointed I didn’t play well.
Teh, 23, said: “Until the first half of the second game, I couldn’t get used to the pace because I seldom face such world-class players. The quality of his shots, his speed and endurance were beyond my imagination, and I managed to adapt and find winners only later on.” Besides Commonwealth Games champions Hee and Tan, there were other notable exits as Taiwanese world No. 4 Tai Tzu-ying, the defending women’s singles champion, crashed out after losing 21-16, 21-14 to Japan’s 20th-ranked Aya Ohori.
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