Tokyo Olympics: Singapore, seeking new medal hope, to face China in table tennis quarter-finals after emphatic France win

Name: Indonesian women outclass China’s badminton doubles team to clinch first gold in Tokyo Olympics
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Singapore, still without a medal at Tokyo 2020, advances to the last eight in the women’s team event

Formidable China to provide a stern test in the quarter-finals at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

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Singapore’s best medal hopes could now rest on the shoulders of Yu Mengyu and her table tennis teammates. Photo: Reuters

Paul Ryding

Published: 11:25am, 2 Aug 2021Updated: 10:20pm, 2 Aug 2021

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Singapore boosted its chances of landing a first medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games on Monday when its women’s table tennis team overcame France to book a place in the last eight of the competition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.

Boosted, but only slightly; the victory catapulted them straight into a clash with top-ranked China in the next round.

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Indonesian women outclass China’s badminton doubles team to clinch first gold in Tokyo Olympics

The city state is looking for someone to step in where its top medal prospect, Joseph Schooling, fell down so spectacularly in the swimming pool last week.

The 26-year-old, who delivered Singapore its first ever Olympic gold with a stunning defeat of his hero Michael Phelps in the 100m butterfly at Rio 2016, saw his title defence ended emphatically as he trailed home in last place in his opening heat.

Singaporeans are now looking through their 23-strong roster to identify where their next-best chance of medal glory lies, in order to maintain the nation’s proud record of having secured medals at the past three editions of the Games.