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Singapore's Yeo Jia Min loses to South Korea's Kim Ga-eun at Tokyo Olympics

Singapore’s Yeo Jia Min loses to South Korea’s Kim…

SINGAPORE: Singapore's Yeo Jia Min was knocked out of the women’s singles Badminton competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday (Jul 28).  The 22-year-old lost against South Korea’s Kim Ga-eun, ranked 18th in the world, 21-13, 21-14, at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza.  Yeo, ranked 30th in the world, had a 3-1 head-to-head coming into the match with Kim, winning their last two encounters in 2019. On Wednesday morning, Kim started strongly, pulling ahead 11-6 at the interval of the first game. She