Cheras: Malaysian badminton superstar made his Purple League season debut with Petaling BC on Saturday, partnering Olympic champion Zhao Yunlei at Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium in Cheras.
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Kuala Lumpur: World No. 1 men’s singles player Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia will partner Olympic champion Zhao Yunlei of China for mixed doubles event in the Purple League tie between Petaling BC and Ampang Jaya BC on Saturday.
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Cyberjaya: Goh Jin Wei and the Bandar Utama (BU) Dragons have put together an impressive fourth winning streak by playing just enough to pull out victories in the Purple League clash that took place at the Gem In Mall in Cyberjaya on Tuesday.
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Cyberjaya: The tie between Puchong United BC and Kepong BC was arguably one of the most closely-contested plays in Purple League history, where all matches have resulted in a draw except for the first men’s singles match.
Continue reading Purple League: Chong Wei Feng leads Puchong United BC over Kepong BC
Cyber Jaya: Although Ampang Jaya BC’s Lee Cheuk Yiu lost the second men’s singles match against Lee Hyun Il of Muar City with 1-3, but due to Lee Cheuk Yiu was able to steal one set from Lee Hyun Il, he managed to fire Ampang Jaya BC to a 10-9 victory on Monday.
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Genting Highlands: Playing without Chong Wei Feng, defending champions Kepong BC suffered a heartbreaking 10-11 defeat to Puchong United BC in the semi-finals of Resorts World Genting Champions Challenge on Saturday.
Kepong BC’s fortunes for winning the tie looked promising when Wei Nan defeated Malaysia’s national men’s singles shuttler, Daren Liew 11-9, 8-11, 9-11, 11-10, 11-9 to put Kepong BC ahead with 3-2.
Genting: Prior to the tie on Tuesday, no one would have believed that the No. 7 team in Malaysia Purple League, Ampang Jaya BC could defeat the No. 4 team Cheras BC in dramatic fashion by winning only 2 out of 5 matches of the tie. This was due to the unique scoring format used by Malaysia Purple League made the matches more exciting and competitive throughout the tie where the winner of each tie was determined by the total number sets/games won, not the number of matches won.
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Kuala Lumpur: A fired-up Zulfadli Zulkifli showed his class to lift Cheras BC over Klang United BC after the scores were tied at 7-7 going in to the last match between Zulkifli and Sukamta on Saturday.
Continue reading Cheras BC come from behind to beat Klang United 10-7
Kuala Lumpur: Lee Yong-Dae and Lee Hyo-Jung who struck gold in the mixed doubles event for Korea at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, earned an exciting 11-6, 11-8, 11-10 victory on Saturday in Malaysia Purple League over Ardiansyah Putra/Devi Tika Permatasari from Petaling BC.
Continue reading Olympic Champions Lee Yong-Dae & Lee Hyo-Jung give Muar City a New Year victory
Kuala Lumpur: Ampang Jaya BC defeated Bangsar Hawks BC 12-4 on Wednesday to finish the week with their second win of the season.
Ampang Jaya took the early lead after Lee Cheuk Yiu scraped past Wan Mas Ami Bin Wan Abu Bakar Sidik of Bangsar Hawks 11-2, 11-2, 11-6 in the first men’s singles match.
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