As it happened: Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew takes historic Asian Games silver after defeat by world No 1 Kunlavut
Loh, who was bidding to win Singapore's first Asiad badminton gold, lost 12-21, 16-21 in the final.
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Loh Kean Yew claimed Singapore's best-ever badminton result at the Asian Games on Tuesday (Sep 29), taking silver after losing 12-21, 16-21 to Thai world number one Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the men's singles final.
The Singaporean was bidding to become the country's first Asian Games badminton champion, but Kunlavut proved too strong as he created history himself, winning Thailand's first singles gold medal in the sport at the Games.
Here's how events unfolded at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium in Japan.
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