Yufei Lengthy is having the form of event that makes the remainder of the draw very nervous.
The Girls’s Singles prime seed got here by way of Day 2 of the Leapmotor Singapore Open 2026 with a clear sweep throughout all three of her occasions, advancing to the semifinals in Girls’s Singles, Girls’s Doubles, and Combined Doubles with out dropping a sport. Three occasions entered. Three semifinal spots secured. Not a single sport conceded.
The Girls’s Singles run was probably the most one-sided. Lengthy dismissed Yingyi Yang 11-3, 11-2 within the spherical of 16, then ended Nok Yiu Tang’s event with an equally emphatic 11-7, 11-2 quarterfinal efficiency. Throughout two matches, she has confronted simply 22 factors. The highest seed is enjoying like a prime seed.
The seeds under her had been much less lucky. Each the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds exited within the spherical of 16. Aiko Yoshitomi fell to Indian qualifier Agnimitra Bhattacharya 8-11, Sept. 11 in a real upset. Ho Tam gained the opening sport in opposition to Kaitlynn Hart earlier than the Australian turned it round utterly, successful 2-11, 11-5, 11-2 to advance.
The Greatest Upset of the Day
Combined Doubles produced probably the most important results of the event up to now.
Nok Yiu Tang and Eunggwon Kim arrived in Singapore as the highest seeds and probably the most established Combined Doubles partnership on the tour—the one fixed in a self-discipline in any other case crowded with brand-new mixtures. That consistency didn’t shield them on Friday. Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall and Robert Stirling ended their run within the quarterfinals, successful 11-7 within the first sport earlier than grinding out a 15-13 second to shut it in straight video games. Stirling is aware of this self-discipline—he gained Combined Doubles gold on the Hong Kong Open 2025 and clearly carries that have into each match.
They weren’t the one seeds to fall. No. 4 seeds Lingwei Kong and Adam Harvey, one other first-time Asia partnership, had been overwhelmed 11-7, 11-9 by Jaeda Minniefield and Luc Pham. Kara Wheatley and Hong Package Wong additionally delivered on the quarterfinal risk that they had been carrying all week, coming from a sport right down to upset No. 3 seeds Yoshitomi and Len Yang 7-11, 11-8, 11-9.
Males’s Doubles Goes to Script
After the chaos in Combined Doubles, Males’s Doubles was refreshingly orderly. Each projected semifinal landed precisely the place the bracket prompt it could.
Eunggwon Kim and Jack Wong Hong-kit reached the final 4 with an 11-9, 11-4 win over Prycen Haas and Luc Pham. The No. 1 seeds are nonetheless chasing their first gold collectively after accumulating one silver and 4 bronzes on the tour. Ready for them are Hien Truong and Kenta Miyoshi, who recovered from dropping the opener to Jace Morris and Caden Nemoff to advance Sept. 11, 11-0, 11-7. Wong and Truong’s rivalry in singles now spills into doubles—precisely because the bracket all the time prompt it could.
On the opposite aspect, Len Yang and Collin Johns eased previous Hoang Nam Ly and Nathan Khamphilath 11-2, 12-10, staying on track for a 3rd consecutive ultimate collectively after gold on the Panas Kuala Lumpur Open and silver in Tokyo. Robert Stirling and Lucas Pascoe stand between them and one other ultimate look, having come by way of 11-5, 11-6 in opposition to Josh Barber and Colin Wong.
What’s Subsequent
Semifinal motion begins Saturday, 25 July at 9 a.m. (GMT+8). Championship Courtroom tickets have offered out, however entry to all different courts—together with Pickletown—stays free.
Lengthy is the identify to look at. However in a draw that has already produced its share of surprises, Saturday guarantees extra.
