Singapore’s paddler Yu Mengyu missed out on her chance for an Olympic bronze medal as she faced off with Japan’s Mima Ito, who won 4-1 (6-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6) at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Thursday (29 July) evening.
Yu came out strong by winning the first game (11-6), but she lost the second (8-11), third (7-11), fourth (7-11), and fifth (6-11) set.
In her semi-finals match earlier this morning, Yu went up against China’s Chen Meng and lost 4-0.
The game was stopped in the fourth set as Yu’s knee injury needed to be attended to.
Yu was later quoted saying that she had sustained a slight injury to her thigh, similar to the one she suffered in an earlier round match against Portugal’s Shao Jie Ni, as reported by CNA.
The last time Singapore made it this far in this event was in London 2012 when Feng Tianwei brought home a bronze medal in the same event.
Yu will be competing in the women’s team event on Monday, when Singapore plays France in the round of 16.
