Local mixed doubles pair Terry Hee, Jessica Tan complete line-up for S’pore Badminton Open
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Commonwealth Games mixed doubles champions Terry Hee and Jessica Tan will be featuring at theKFF Singapore Badminton Open.
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SINGAPORE – Badminton fans can catch local favourites and Commonwealth Games mixed doubles champions Terry Hee and Jessica Tan live in action at the KFF Singapore Badminton Open at the Singapore Indoor Stadium from June 6 to 11.
Some of the world’s best players will be in town to compete at the Badminton World Federation Super 750 tournament for a slice of the US$850,000 (S$1.1 million) prize purse and crucial Olympic ranking points. They include men’s and women’s world No. 1s Viktor Axelsen
Mixed doubles duo Hee and Tan will be joined by 2021 world champion Loh Kean Yew, women’s world No. 32 Yeo Jia Min and 22nd-ranked women’s doubles pair Crystal Wong and Jin Yujia.
Hee is looking forward to competing in front of a home crowd and hopes that their support can spur him and Tan all the way to the top of the podium.
“We started competing in the Singapore Badminton Open together since 2016, and it’s always great to play in front of the home support,” he said.
“Our partnership has come a long way since then, and we’re focused on improving and playing better with each tournament.
“It will be the same for the upcoming KFF Singapore Badminton Open and hopefully, we’ll be able to put on a great performance for our home crowd fans.”
Other top players who have confirmed their participation include women’s world No. 1 Yamaguchi, who won back to back world titles in 2021 and 2022.
Women’s world No. 1 Akane Yamaguchi is hoping to better her third-place finish in Singapore in 2019.
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The 25-year-old reached the last four here in 2019 and is looking to better that result. She said: “I’m excited to return to Singapore after not playing here for the past few years.
“While I’ve been playing well for the past few months, winning the KFF Singapore Badminton Open will be challenging since so many strong players will be competing.”
Challenging Yamaguchi for the title are world No. 3 and Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yufei, China’s He Bingjiao (No. 5), South Korea’s An Se-young (No. 2) and 2019 Singapore Badminton Open champion Tai Tzu-ying (No. 4) of Chinese Taipei.
The men’s singles will see defending Singapore Open champion Anthony Ginting (No. 2)
China headline the women’s and mixed doubles, with top-ranked pair and reigning world champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, as well as world No. 1s Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong confirmed for the event.
The men’s doubles will feature Indonesia’s world No. 1s Fajar Alfian and Rian Ardianto, Malaysian world No. 2s and world champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, and the evergreen world No. 3s Hendra Setiawan and Mohammad Ahsan.
Tickets are available via Ticketmaster, with season tickets costing between $120 and $380.
