Yu Mengyu

Yu participated in ITTF Asian-Olympics Qualifier (South-East Asian region) at Hong Kong from 13 to 17 April 2016. She was the runner-up in SEA group, losing to her team-mate, Feng Tianwei. According to May 2016 ranking published by International Table Tennis Federation, she qualified for the singles event at Rio de Janeiro Olympics. This was her Olympics debut.[11] She was seeded ninth in singles event and fourth in women's team event. She reached the singles Quarter-Final but lost 2–4 to Kim Song-i of North Korea.[12] The Singapore women's team, comprising Yu, Feng and Zhou Yihan, reached the semi-final of the team event but lost to China 0–3. In the bronze medal match, the trio was defeated by Japan 1–3.[13]

Singles Event

Date	Round	Result	Opponent	Score	Individual Sets
-	1st	Bye
-	2nd	Bye
7 August	3rd	Win	Lay Jian Fang	4-0	11-9	11-9	11-6	12-10	-	-
8 August	4th	Win	Jeon Ji-hee	4-1	12-10	8-11	12-10	11-7	11-2	-
9 August	Quarter-Final	Loss	Kim Song-i	2-4	8-11	11-6	5-11	6-11	11-9	6-11

Team Event

Date	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
12 August	Round of 16	Win	Egypt	3-0
13 August	Quarter-Final	Win	South Korea	3-2
15 August	Semi-Final	Loss	China	0-3
16 August	Bronze Medal match	Loss	Japan	1-3

Yu entered the Asian Games as the 14th seed in the singles event.[14] In the Round of 32, she defeated Alice Chang of Malaysia 4-1 (11-4, 11–2, 11–4, 7–11, 11–2) to set up a Round of 16 encounter with 6th seeded Doo Hoi Kem. Yu defeated Doo in a nail-biting contest that was stretched to the maximum seven games, winning 4-3 (5-11, 13–11, 11–8, 7–11, 12–10, 9–11, 11–6). In the quarterfinals, Yu pulled off a shock win against 3rd seed Cheng I-ching, winning 4-1 (11-7, 11–6, 9–11, 11–4, 11–3). In the semifinals, Yu played against 2nd seeded Wang Manyu of China, losing 1-4 (7-11, 6–11, 5–11, 11–9, 7–11).[15] As a result of reaching the semifinals, Yu clinched the bronze medal in the singles event.[16]

Yu also participated in the team event together with Feng Tianwei, Lin Ye, Zhang Wanling and Pearlyn Koh. The team progressed to the knockout stage after finishing 2nd out of 5 teams in the group stage.[15] In the quarterfinals of the knockout stage, Singapore was drawn to face South Korea. In the first match, Feng put Singapore 1-0 up after defeating defensive chopper Suh Hyo-won 3-1 (9-11, 11–6, 11–9, 11–7). However, Yu lost the second match to Jeon Ji-hee 1-3 (11-9, 10–12, 9–11, 11–13). Lin then lost out to Yang Ha-eun in straight games (6-11, 11–13, 3–11) and Feng was defeated by Jeon (8-11, 8–11, 8–11) in the fourth match, leading to an overall 1–3 loss against South Korea.[17]

Yu was the flag bearer for Singapore during the Parade of Nations.[18] She defeated fourth seed Cheng I-ching of Chinese Taipei in the round of 32 and fifth seed Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan in the quarter-finals.[19] Yu faced Chen Meng of China in the semi-final match. During the 4th set against Chen, she suffered an injury to her left thigh.[19] Yu eventually lost the match 4–0.[20] Yu later faced Mima Ito in the Bronze Medal match on the same day, initially winning the 1st set but eventually lost the match 4–1. Overall, she placed 4th in the Women's singles category.[21]

Yu also participated in the Women's Team event with Feng Tianwei and Lin Ye. In the Round of 16, Singapore defeated France 3–0. In the first match (doubles), Yu paired up with Lin to win 3-0 (11-6, 11–5, 13–11) against the French pair of Loeuillette Stephanie and Jia Nan Yuan. Feng won the second match with a 3–2 victory over Prithika Pavade. In the third match, Yu defeated Yuan 3-1 (11-8, 7–11, 11–5, 11–8), wrapping up an overall 3–0 victory for Singapore.[22] In the quarterfinals, Singapore faced China, the top seed and eventual gold medallists in the Team event. In the first match, Yu and Lin lost out in straight games (5-11, 7–11, 5–11) to China's Chen Meng and Wang Manyu. Feng then lost the second match to singles silver medallist Sun Yingsha, and Wang wrapped up the victory for China following a 3–1 win over Olympics debutant Lin in the third match.[23]

Yu announced it will be her last participation at the Olympics.[10]

Singles Event

Date	Round	Result	Opponent	Score	Individual Sets
-	1st	Bye
25 July	2nd	Win	Shao Jieni	4-0	11-3	11-2	11-8	11-9	-	-
27 July	3rd	Win	Cheng I-ching	4-0	11-5	11-9	12-10	11-6	-	-
27 July	4th	Win	Juan Liu	4-2	11-9	11-9	11-9	8-11	6-11	11-8
28 July	Quarter-Final	Win	Kasumi Ishikawa	4-1	8-11	11-5	14-12	11-6	11-2	-
29 July	Semi-Final	Loss	Chen Meng	0-4	6-11	8-11	7-11	6-11	-	-
29 July	Bronze Medal Match	Loss	Mima Ito	1-4	11-6	8-11	7-11	7-11	6-11	-

Team Event

Date	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
2 August	Round of 16	Win	France	3-0
3 August	Quarter-Final	Loss	China	0-3

Yu announced her retirement from the national team on 22 March 2022 at the Singapore Table Tennis Association's Annual Awards Night. After her retirement, she was appointed as an assistant coach for the Singapore Table Tennis Association's junior development squad for high-profile players aged 9 to 12.[9] In March 2023, she began pursuing a one-year Master of Public Administration degree at Nanyang Technological University, after becoming the first Singapore athlete to receive a full scholarship from the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration.[24]