SUBIC—Team Philippines settled for bronze medals as Myanmar and Indonesia set up a gold-medal duel in men’s sepak takraw team doubles on Thursday at the Subic Gymnasium.
With reigning champion Thailand skipping the Games, Myanmar and Indonesia wasted little effort to advance to the final. They will lock horns in the gold-medal tussle set at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
Myanmar advanced after frustrating the Philippines in front of its home crowd, 2-1, while Indonesia took a convincing win over Vietnam, 2-0.
Bothered by the roaring local crowd, Myanmar actually started on a wrong foot as it suffered a stunning 15-21, 17-21 defeat in the first regu.
But the Burmese regained ground in the succeeding frames, getting the better of the Filipinos with huge a 21-16, 21-13 win in the second and an even emphatic 21-13, 21-12 triumph in the last regu.
After copping a twinkill in the men’s and women’s hoop event back in the opener, the Philippines bled for the bronze medal this time together with Vietnam.
The hosts will try to bounce back in the next men’s team regu event against Malaysia, while Myanmar and Indonesia mix it up at the start of the team regu events on Thursday.
Image credits: AP/Tatan Syuflana