First SEA Games medals for Singapore's table tennis team
Majulah Singapura was played during the first victory ceremony at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. And the 28th SEA Games hasn’t even officially begun.
An all-Singapore final in the women’s doubles table tennis secured the nation’s first gold and silver medals of the games.
In a surprise upset, Lin Ye and Zhou Yihan beat Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu 11-7, 5-11, 8-11, 10-12, 11-3, 12-10, 7-11.
Feng, an Olympic medalist, and Yu were down three sets to one, but stormed back to take the fourth set 11-3.
The battle for gold went all the way down to the seventh set, which Lin and Zhou took 11-7.
Lin and Zhou had earlier struggled to get past Thai duo Nanthana Komwong and Suthasini Sawettabut in the semi-finals.
Speaking in Mandarin after the match, Zhou said, "We didn't think so much about the outcome. We've never beaten them before so it was more about trying our best."
