One Academy, Three Teams: 002's Big Push for Tom Khoo Georgetown
Andrew Lee002 Pickleball Club & Academy is sending three full teams to the Tom Khoo Georgetown Pickleball Championship on 6 September 2026, naming Sapphire, Ruby, and Emerald squads under its Kuda L'Eau banner in the space of a single day.
Three Squads, Eighteen Players
Team Sapphire lines up Nicholas Wiseman, Dustin Wang, Yi Kai Fen, Jasmine Almaguer, Neem Shamsuddin, and Dickson Ng. Team Ruby carries Jason Taylor, Ethan Chung, Brandon Fong, Alia Brown, and Toi Sieu Ee. Team Emerald rounds it out with Matthew Kouznetsov, Ramon Narula, Irshad Mustafa, Joseline Ngu, Choo Mun Li, and Tay Hui Xin.
Two names on those rosters arrive with recent form behind them. Brandon Fong and Irshad Mustafa won gold together at the Lifetime LT Open in their very first tournament as a pairing, just days before this Georgetown announcement, and both are now on separate 002 rosters (Fong on Ruby, Irshad on Emerald) for this event.
A Real Academy-Wide Push
All three teams share the same partner lineup: Kuda L'Eau, Sunway Hotel Georgetown Penang, Sushi Ya, and Young Sports. Fielding three named squads for one tournament, rather than a handful of individual entries, points to a club with genuine depth across multiple skill levels and pairings, not just one standout player carrying the name.
This article is based on social media posts and historical data tracked by Pickle361.
