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Four unbeaten champions as Synergy Cup runs 173 matches in a day

17 Oct 2026 · Sports Arena Clyde North · Synergy Sports Club

Done4 events6 titles69 pairs

Six titles, 138 players, twelve courts and almost eight hours of badminton. Most of the champions never dropped a match, but the semi-finals produced three comebacks from a game down.

The first shuttle went up at 9:01 in the morning and the last final started at 4:53 in the afternoon. In between, 69 doubles pairs across four events played 185 games and 6,447 rally points.

The day belonged to the front-runners. Seng Wong and Chen Tsung Young won all eight of their matches to take the MD Combined 90+ Championship. Siong Tan and Johnson Huang (MD Combined 70+), Kenneth Choo and Jan Mark Sotea (Men's Doubles Open) and the Under 15 pair Prithish Yasasa Abeysiri Gunawardana and Juin-Sien Tham also finished without a loss.

The tension came in the knockout rounds. Three of the eight best-of-three semi-finals went to a deciding game, and each time the pair that lost the first game won the match.

By the numbers

The day in figures

173matches played
185games completed
6,447rally points won
138players in 69 pairs
12courts in use
7h 52mfirst serve to last final
34.8points per game on average
13 minmedian gap between matches on a court
Finals

Champions

MD Combined 90+Championship
1
Seng Wong
Chen Tsung Young
2
Wasi Sial
Manju Kumar Govindaraju
21-17 · 21-9
MD Combined 90+Challenger
1
Vignesh Krish
Mayank Mishra
2
Rudi Perera
Nil Kandamudali
21-18 · 12-21 · 21-17
MD Combined 70+Championship
1
Siong Tan
Johnson Huang
2
Tino Augustine
Vinu Kakkanatt
21-13 · 21-16
MD Combined 70+Challenger
1
Nevin Ivan
Prashan Wijethunga
2
Seby John
Santhosh Kumar
21-12 · 21-16
Men's Doubles OpenKnockout
1
Kenneth Choo
Jan Mark Sotea
2
Carlos Chan
Nicholas Chan
21-7 · 21-15
Under 15 OpenGuardian led
1
Prithish Yasasa Abeysiri Gunawardana
Juin-Sien Tham
2
Yee Bo Leow
John Zhuang
21-18 · 21-14
Event report

MD Combined 90+

27 pairs74 matches2,898 points

The biggest draw of the day ran five round-robin rounds before splitting into Championship and Challenger knockouts. Seng Wong and Chen Tsung Young went 8-0, though their semi-final against Chris Looi and Bidin Balan was the tightest of their run: two games, both won 21-19. In the final they met Wasi Sial and Manju Kumar Govindaraju, who had won seven straight and scored more points than any pair in the tournament (222). Wong and Young won 21-17, 21-9.

The Challenger final was the only final of the day to go to three games. Vignesh Krish and Mayank Mishra beat Rudi Perera and Nil Kandamudali 21-18, 12-21, 21-17.

Event report

MD Combined 70+

11 pairs31 matches1,250 points

Siong Tan and Johnson Huang were in control all day. They finished 6-0 and conceded only 75 points in six matches, an average of 12.5 a game. Their semi-final finished 21-11, 21-13.

Tino Augustine and Vinu Kakkanatt reached the final the hard way. They lost the first game of their semi-final 14-21 to Jose Jacob and Jins Joy and then won the next two 21-13, 21-16. In the Challenger knockout, Nevin Ivan and Prashan Wijethunga won their semi-final 30-22 and then beat Seby John and Santhosh Kumar in the final.

Event report

Men's Doubles Open

16 pairs31 matches1,162 points

The Open had the best semi-finals of the day. Carlos Chan and Nicholas Chan lost a 25-27 opening game to Tom Thomas and Wilson Wee Sen To, the longest 21-point game of the tournament, then won the next two 21-16, 21-15. In the other semi, Kenneth Choo and Jan Mark Sotea had to win a 24-22 second game to beat Koushiik C S and Vedant Sharma.

The final was one-sided. Choo and Sotea opened with a 21-7 game and closed it out 21-15 to finish unbeaten.

Event report

Under 15 Open (Guardian Led)

15 pairs37 matches1,137 points

Prithish Yasasa Abeysiri Gunawardana and Juin-Sien Tham posted the best record of the tournament: 7-0, 202 points scored and only 85 conceded, a difference of +117. Their semi-final was their one close call, with a 25-23 second game against Nathaniel Tseng and Zachary Hsieh.

Yee Bo Leow and John Zhuang reached the final with a 21-9, 21-15 semi-final win, and kept the final close at 21-18, 21-14.

Stat sheet

Records of the day

Most wins8-0Seng Wong
Chen Tsung YoungMD Combined 90+
Best points difference+117Prithish Yasasa Abeysiri Gunawardana
Juin-Sien ThamUnder 15 Open
Most points scored222Wasi Sial
Manju Kumar GovindarajuMD Combined 90+ runners-up
Longest 21-point game27-25Open semi-final. Tom Thomas and Wilson Wee Sen To won the game; Carlos Chan and Nicholas Chan won the match.
Highest-scoring game30-2555 points, played twice in the MD Combined 90+ quarter-finals
Comebacks from a game down3All in the semi-finals: one each in MD Combined 70+, MD Combined 90+ and the Open
Games past 20-all6Including three games decided 21-20 in the round robin
Busiest courtCourt 219 matches, and the venue for three of the six finals
Closest event8.0Average winning margin per game in MD Combined 90+, the lowest of the four events
Margins

How close were the games?

Games by winning margin Of 185 games, 41 were won by 0 to 4 points, 61 by 5 to 9, 55 by 10 to 14, 21 by 15 to 19, 6 by 20 to 24 and 1 by 25 or more. 0 20 40 60 41 61 55 21 6 1 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25+ Winning margin in points

All 185 games by winning margin. 41 games (22%, in yellow) were decided by four points or fewer. The Under 15 event had the widest spread, with an average margin of 12.6 points against 8.0 to 9.0 in the adult events.

Event totals

The four events side by side

EventPairsMatchesGamesPointsAvg marginWalkovers
MD Combined 90+2774802,8988.00
MD Combined 70+1131361,2508.30
Men's Doubles Open1631331,1629.02
Under 15 Open1537361,13712.64