Singapore Open: Desiring Reward for Consistency
As far as Malaysian badminton is concerned, there hasn’t been a steadier player or pair in the 2020s than Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi.
· PREM KUMAR
Since the decade began, the world No.7s failed to make at least the quarterfinal stage at only 12 of 37 tournaments. Even more remarkably, they fell in the opening round only twice in the last three years. Ong and Teo also bagged bronze at the 2021 World Championships in Huelva and finished runners-up to Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty at the Badminton Asia Championships in April.
One glaring miss, however, has been a title, with their last coming in 2020 at the Thailand Masters.
“Yes, we go deep into tournaments but we don’t have too many titles to show for our consistency,” admitted Teo after the 21-18 21-13 Singapore Open 2023 first round victory over French brothers Toma and Christo Popov. “That should be the next story of journey.