Jakarta: SEA Games champions Amelia Alicia Anscelly/Soong Fie Cho pulled off one of the biggest upsets in World Championships history when the Malaysian pair defeated top seeds and world number one pair Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi of Japan, 21-15, 12-21, 21-14 at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta on Thursday.
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Kuala Lumpur: Former world number one shuttler Datuk Lee Chong Wei’s ranking had taken a sharp nose dive in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday. Chong Wei fell 101 spots to world No. 180. However, he is expected to rise up in the rankings starting next week.
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Kuala Lumpur: The pair of Amelia Alicia Anscelly-Soong Fie Cho brighten Malaysian women’s doubles badminton on Tuesday by winning their maiden SEA Games gold medal after edging out compatriots Vivian Hoo/Woon Khe Wei 21-18-21-13 in the women’s doubles final.
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Singapore: Malaysia is guaranteed 2 gold medals in the men’s singles, women’s doubles at the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore, because all participants in the finals hail from Malaysia.
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Singapore: Malaysia’s mixed doubles pair of Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying advanced to the SEA Games quarter-finals in mixed doubles category on Saturday after they defeated Singapore’s Vanessa Neo/ Danny Bawa Chrisnanta 21-18, 21-16 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Singapore: Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon made a successful cameo appearance at the Southeast Asian Games on Friday, the world number five leading from the front in a crushing 3-0 victory over Malaysia in the women’s team badminton final. With the victory, Thailand successfully retained their title from the 2011 edition. Team events were not contested at the last Games in Myanmar in 2013.
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Singapore: 17-year-old Ihsan Maulana Mustofa scripted a dramatic third men’s singles victory, combined with Ricky Karandasuwardi/Angga Pratama and Kevin Sanjaya/Marcus Fernaldi to win the two heart-stopping men’s doubles matches as Indonesia’s young guns lived up to the expectations by winning the SEA Games semi-finals tie against Malaysia in Singapore on Thursday.
Continue reading Malaysia men’s team ousted from SEA Games, women’s team in final
Singapore: Malaysia’s women’s badminton team experienced it’s own turbulence on Wednesday, as the shuttlers started their SEA Games campaign with two matches down against Vietnam.
Continue reading Goh Jin Wei saves the day for Malaysian women’s team at SEA Games
Kuala Lumpur: Women’s doubles pair Vivian Hoo/Woon Khe Wei saved the blushes for the country by moving into the quarterfinals of the Malaysian Open Premier Super Series as the nation’s sole representative.
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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian women’s doubles pairs of Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei and Amelia Alicia Anscelly/Soong Fie Cho cruised to the second round of the Malaysia Open Super Series at Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil on Wednesday.
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