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SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Jason Teh brushed aside Japanese <\/span>Yudai Okimoto 21-14, 21-15 in the men’s singles final of the Korea Masters badminton tournament on Sunday (Nov 9) for his second major career title.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The top seed lived up to his billing in the South Korean city of Iksan, as he did not drop a set in five matches en route to his second Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super 300 title of the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Teh clinched <\/span>his first men’s singles title<\/span> at the Thailand Masters in February.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the women’s singles final, favourite Chiu Pin-Chian of Chinese Taipei beat Vietnamese second seed <\/span>Nguyen Thuy Linh 21-16, 21-15.<\/p>\n The Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) congratulated Teh, 25, on Instagram, hailing what had been “a week of stellar performances and composure on the court\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt was a wonderful show of what determination and belief can achieve,\u201d SBA added.<\/span><\/p>\n The world number 26 will now head to the city of Kumamoto to take part in the Japan Masters.<\/span><\/p>\n He will join fellow Singaporean and world number 9 Loh Kean Yew in the main draw of the BWF Super 500 tournament, where Thailand’s third-ranked Kunlavut Vitidsarn will be the top seed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Both Loh and Teh have also been named as part of Team Singapore’s contingent for the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand next month.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n