Table Tennis: Singapore beat Malaysia 3-0 to clinch SEA Games men’s team gold

PHNOM PENH: Singapore swept aside Malaysia 3-0 on Thursday (May 11) to win gold in the table tennis men's team event at the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

The triumph means the Singaporeans have reclaimed a title last won on home soil at the 2015 Games.

The men’s team finished with a silver in 2017 and bronze at the 2021 edition; there were no team events in 2019.

Singapore had dispatched defending champions Thailand 3-0 in the semi-finals the day before, while Malaysia edged Vietnam 3-2.

At the Morodok Techo National Stadium Table Tennis Hall on Thursday, Singapore's Clarence Chew came from a game behind to beat Leong Chee Feng 8-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-6.

Chew is ranked 165th in the world.

Youngster Izaac Quek would then wrap up the convincing win for Singapore as he outlasted Wong Qi Shen in a pulsating 11-9, 12-14, 11-13, 11-9, 11-7 victory.

The women’s team took joint-bronze after losing to defending champions Thailand 0-3 in their semi-finals clash on Wednesday.

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