Singapore's Loh Kean Yew, the world number 13, has reached the men's singles final at the 2026 Asian Games in Ichinomiya, Japan, where he faces Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn. Loh has already secured Singapore's best-ever Asian Games badminton result and could become the country's first champion in the sport. Kunlavut is the first Thai man to reach a men's singles final at the Games and is chasing Thailand's first singles title in badminton.