Lydia Cheah

Lydia Cheah Li Ya
Personal information
Birth name	Lydia Cheah Li Ya
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1989-09-08) 8 September 1989 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	29 (WS 29 October 2009) 184 (WD 25 January 2018) 413 (XD 27 August 2015)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Malaysia Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi Mixed team Southeast Asian Games 2009 Vientiane Women's team 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Women's team 2009 Vientiane Women's singles 2011 Jakarta Women's team Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei Mixed team 2015 Gwangju Mixed team World Junior Championships 2006 Incheon Mixed team Commonwealth Youth Games 2004 Bendigo Mixed team Asia Junior Championships 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2007 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles 2006 Kuala Lumpur Girls' singles 2006 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2005 Jakarta Girls' team 2007 Kuala Lumpur Girls' singles
BWF profile

Lydia Cheah Li Ya (simplified Chinese: 谢沂逾; traditional Chinese: 謝沂逾; pinyin: Xiè Yíyú; born 8 September 1989 in Kuala Lumpur, also known as Lyddia Cheah Yi Yu) is a Malaysian badminton player.^[1] Her younger sister, Sonia Cheah Su Ya is also a professional badminton player.^[2] In 2010, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in India.^[3]

Career

In 2008, she became the runner-up at the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold tournament. She was defeated by Saina Nehwal of India in the final.^[4] In 2009, she won a bronze medal at the Southeast Asian Games in the women's singles event. She was a part of the Malaysian team squad that won team gold at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in the women's team event and 2010 Commonwealth Games in the mixed team event.^[5]

In 2012, she won the Maybank Malaysia International Challenge tournament. She lived up to expectations when she easily overpowered Singaporean seventh seed Liang Xiaoyu.^[6] In 2016, she was the runner-up at the Bulgarian International tournament in the women's singles and doubles event.^[7] In 2017, she won the Iceland International tournament in the women's doubles event, and became the runner-up in the singles event.^[8]

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Women's Singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	National Sports Complex, Vientiane, Laos	Ratchanok Intanon	15–21, 21–23	Bronze

Asia Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Gu Juan	21–16, 14–21, 11–21	Bronze
2006	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Wang Yihan	16–21, 18–21	Silver

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Tee Jing Yi	Puspita Richi Dili Debby Susanto	12–21, 21–15, 18–21	Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Chinese Taipei Open	Saina Nehwal	8–21, 19–21	Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Iceland International	Yang Li Lian	8–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2016	Bulgarian International	Panuga Riou	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2012	Malaysia International	Liang Xiaoyu	21–17, 21–12	Winner
2008	Vietnam International	Hung Shih-han	22–20, 21–15	Winner
2005	Malaysia Satellite	Bae Seung-hee	4–11, 2–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Iceland International	Yang Li Lian	Grace King Hope Warner	21–6, 21–16	Winner
2016	Bulgarian International	Grace King	Busra Yalçinkaya Fatma Nur Yavuz	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

     BWF Future Series tournament

References

External links

• Lydia Cheah at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com