Anh Tu started the title match well, winning the first two sets with respective scores of 11-7 and 11-9.

Nguyen Anh Tu finishes runner-up in the men’s singles event of the 2022 Southeast Asian Table Tennis Championships in Thailand.

However, the Vietnamese player could not preserve the big advantage as Chew Zheyu Clarence fought back to win the next two sets at 11-9 and 11-6 to restore parity.

The fifth set witnessed a thrilling score chase, with the Singaporean player claiming victory with a record score of 25-23.

Entering the sixth set, Anh Tu quickly lost 4-11, thus dropping the gold medal to Chew Zheyu Clarence.

En route to the title decider, Anh Tu overcame two other Singaporean representatives, Quek Yong Izaac (quarter-finals) and Pang Yew En Koen (semi-finals).

Chew Zheyu Clarence is a leading table tennis player from Singapore who has won many championship titles in different categories at the Southeast Asian level.

In the recent 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, he lost the men’s singles semi-final to Vietnam’s Nguyen Duc Tuan, who then clinched the overall gold medal by beating Thailand’s Phakpoom 4-1 in the final match.

Nguyen Duc Tuan was absent from the regional championships in Thailand due to injury.

Women the ‘Golden Roses’ of Vietnamese athletics

Vietnam’s athletics took 22 gold medals at SEA Games 31, a new record in the number of golds obtained in an edition of the sporting event. Female athletes secured 14 golds, helping Vietnam retain the regional throne in the sport for the third consecutive Games.

Vietnam tops SEA Games 31 medal tally with 205 golds

Vietnam has wrapped up their SEA Games 31 run at the top of the medal table with 205 golds. Thailand came second with 92 golds and Indonesia third with 69.

SEA Games: Vietnam beat Thailand 1-0 to successfully defend men’s football gold

Vietnam narrowly defeated Thailand 1-0 in the final match at Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium on the evening of May 22 to take the gold medal in the 31st SEA Games men’s football event.

Pham Tien San and the historic gold medal

(BGO) – Returning to the 31st SEA Games with a new sport, Pham Tien San from Ngoc Thien commune, Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province suddenly made the most glorious achievement of his career with a gold medal in duathlon.

Thailand win gold in badminton men’s team at SEA Games 31

(BGO) – The badminton men’s team final matches at the ongoing SEA Games 31 took place on May 18 evening at Bac Giang provincial Gymnasium (South urban area of Bac Giang city, Bac Giang province) between Thailand and Malaysian athletes.

Source: NDO