Leapmotor Singapore Open 2026: Yufei Long on Track for Twin Gold, Jack Wong Hong-kit Hones In on Singles Gold – Pickleball News Asia

Leapmotor Singapore Open 2026: Yufei Lengthy on Monitor for Twin Gold, Jack Wong Hong-kit Hones In on Singles Gold – Pickleball Information Asia

July 26, 2026


Yufei Lengthy and Jack Wong Hong-kit are stamping their class within the Leapmotor Singapore Open 2026.

Whereas Lengthy received’t have an opportunity at a Triple Crown, she is nonetheless heading into Championship Sunday with an opportunity at two titles after an outstanding Saturday. She reached the Girls’s Singles ultimate with an 11-4, 11-6 victory over Kei Sawaki. She and companion Kara Wheatley booked a seat within the gold medal match in Girls’s Doubles with a 12-10, 11-5 victory.

By the way, Lengthy will probably be dealing with compatriot Anni Xie within the Girls’s Singles ultimate, after the latter beat one other Chinese language participant, Lingwei Kong, 3-11, 11-4, 11-4. Lengthy and Kong will then meet within the Girls’s Doubles ultimate after Kong and companion Jamie Haas beat the duo of Naimi Mehta and Mayu Ito.

Lengthy’s Triple Crown bid, nonetheless, got here to a screeching halt after she and Lucas Pascoe misplaced to the pair of Jaeda Minnifield and Lam Pham, 11-9, 0-11, 8-11. The latter pair will dispute the Combined Doubles crown in opposition to the duo of Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall and Robert Stirling.

Jack Wong Hong-kit on Monitor for Third Males’s Singles Gold

In the meantime, Hong Kong’s Jack Wong Hong-kit, the winner of the final two PPA Tour Asia finals, will probably be going for a 3rd one in opposition to sixth-seeded Adam Harvey. Hong-kit sealed one other championship look with a dominant 11-1, 11-2 conquer Macau’s Marco Leung. Harvey, alternatively, barged into the ultimate with a 6-11, 11-2, 11-9 upset of prime seed Hien Truong of Vietnam.

The Hong Kong ace, nonetheless, received’t be enjoying in some other ultimate as his bid for a number of medals was squashed. He and common companion Eunggwon Kim misplaced to the pair of Truong and Kenta Miyoshi, 11-9, 11-8. Then, Hong-kit and Wheatley fell to Wang-Beckvall and Stirling, 11-3, 5-11, 6-11.

Championship Sunday Guarantees Thrilling Motion

Championship Sunday of the Leapmotor Singapore Open 2026 kicks off at 9:00 a.m. Singapore time. The championship matches are as follows:

  • Males’s Singles: Jack Wong Hong-kit vs. Adam Harvey
  • Girls’s Singles: Yufei Lengthy vs. Anni Xie
  • Males’s Doubles: Hien Truong/Kenta Miyoshi vs. Len Yang/Collin Johns
  • Girls’s Doubles: Yufei Lengthy/Kara Wheatley vs. Lingwei Kong/Jamie Haas
  • Combined Doubles: Jaeda Minnifield/Lam Pham vs. Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall/Robert Stirling

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