Vladivostock: The 22-year-old Ho Yen Mei of Malaysia ended her international title drought that lasted more than three years by overwhelming Shiori Ebihara of Japan 22-20, 11-21, 21-18 in the Russia Open final on Sunday. Continue reading Ho Yen Mei, Mohamad Arif/Nur Mohd Azriyn win Russia Open
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Mohamad Arif/Nur Mohd Azriyn beat Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov to enter Russia Open final
Vladivostock: Malaysia’s independent shuttlers and unseeded pair Mohamad Arif Ab Latif Arif/Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub Azriyn claimed a big scalp on Saturday by sending No. 1 seeds Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov of Russia packing to reach the Russia Open final in Vladivostock. Continue reading Mohamad Arif/Nur Mohd Azriyn beat Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov to enter Russia Open final
Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie & 2 other Malaysian pairs win Malaysia International Challenge
Kota Kinabalu: Former Malaysian men’s singles player Goh Soon Huat who has decided to try his luck in mixed doubles with Shevon Lai Jemie in October, showed encouraging potential at the 2016 Malaysia International Challenge when he and Shevon dismissed Yang Po-Hsuan/Wen Hao Yun of Taiwan to claim the mixed doubles title on their debut, winning 21-13, 21-17 in 25 minutes.
Taiwan Masters: Daren Liew advances, Goh Jin Wei exits
Taipei: It’s clear that not every shuttler is adopting to the new 11×5 scoring format well. At the ongoing Chinese Taipei Masters that kicked off the opening round on Wednesday, we saw some shuttlers were striving while some were struggling under that experimental 11-point format.
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BAC: Goh Jin Wei advance to main draw, Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying exit
Wuhan: 16-year-old Goh Jin Wei and 19-year-old Ho Yen Mei who represented the Malaysian women’s singles team in the qualifying draw on the first day of the 2016 Badminton Asia Championship, won both matches and advanced to the main draw.
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Malaysia’s women’s team loses to Thailand 3-0 in BATC quaterfinals
Hyderabad: The national women’s badminton squad will be returning home early after losing 0-3 to Thailand in the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asian Team Championships (BATC) at the G.M.C. Balayogi Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India Friday.
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Ampang Jaya BC need only 2 wins to topple Cheras BC
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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Malaysia Purple League: Ampang Jaya BC beat Bangsar Hawks BC
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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Iskandar Zulkarnain, Ho Yen Mei capture Polish International titles
Bierun: World No. 83 Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin of Malaysia was all smiles on Sunday after clinching his second international title of the year – the Polish International crown in Bierun, Poland.
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Ratchanok Intanon leads Thailand to retain women’s team gold at SEA Games
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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