Wong Mew Choo

She competed at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim and reached the second round. She managed two quarterfinal appearances, in the Denmark Open and 2005 Asian Badminton Championships.

She managed to reach the semifinal of Indonesia Open, losing a tough encounter with Mia Audina. Later that year, she qualified again for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games women's singles badminton final, but had to settle for silver, losing to Adriyanti Firdasari of Indonesia.

In the XVIII Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, she helped Malaysia clinch the gold medal in the mixed team event, taking the crucial point against England's Tracy Hallam that gave Malaysia the lead 2–1. Eventually the team won 3–1 over England for the first time in Games history. However, Hallam exacted revenge in the individual events women's singles final.

In the World Championships, she reached the third round before losing to Zhang Ning.

Her best achievement of the year was in the Korea Open semifinals, losing to eventual winner Zhu Lin. She also reached the China Open quarterfinals.

The year 2007 was Wong's best year. She started by reaching the finals of the Proton Malaysia Super Series, defeating big names like Pi Hongyan and Xu Huaiwen on her way. At the All England Super Series, she beat Chinese Lu Lan to become the first Malaysian women's singles player to qualify in the women's singles quarterfinal. Lu claimed revenge in the 2007 Asian Badminton Championships.

Her biggest win was at the 2007 BWF World Championships third round, where she shocked China's Xie Xingfang in straight sets to become the first Malaysian women's singles player to reach the quarter-finals of the World Badminton Championships in Kuala Lumpur. However, her progress was stopped by Zhu Lin, who went on to take the title.

She was beaten in the first round of the Denmark Super Series, but quickly rebounded a week later, at the French Super Series. Wong defeated higher ranked players like Wang Chen. However,Wong lost to Xie Xingfang in the semifinal.

• Wong, who is unseeded at the China Open Super Series and has not won any major championship since the 2003 Southeast Asian Games, delivered a brilliant performance in Guangzhou, China by beating all the top three female shuttlers from China in succession, starting with world champion Zhu Lin, two-time Olympic Champion Zhang Ning, and finally world number one Xie Xingfang in three sets in the final. She became the one of only a few non-Chinese (overseas Chinese) winners of the China Open. She also became the first Malaysian woman to lift an international title outside the country.

Wong started the year by reaching the semifinal of Malaysia Super Series before losing to Zhu Lin once again.

She played in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, becoming the quarter-finalist after her defeat from Lu Lan of China.

Getting injured at the beginning of this season, Wong returned in Swiss Open Super Series and India Open. But her achievements were not yet satisfactory.

She was also chosen as the Malaysia's top women's singles player to play in Sudirman Cup. In the semi-finals, her team lost 0–3 to China.

In the China Open Super Series in November, Wong humbled China's Wang Yihan, the world number one, in two sets, 21–18 and 21–17. However, she was beaten by Wang's compatriot Wang Shixian in the quarter-finals.

In December, Wong clinched her first title of the year in BWF Super Series Masters Finals - downing Juliane Schenk, 21–15, 21–7. Many top players did not play in women's singles of Super Series Finals, allowing Wong, who was ranked 20th in Super Series rankings at that time, to participate.

Wong led Malaysia women's team in 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Laos. She and her teammates won the gold medal by beating Indonesia 3–1. However, Wong failed to reach individual final as she was defeated by Thailand's Salakjit Ponsana 18–21, 14–21. As a result, Wong only claimed bronze.

In 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi, she won silver in a closely contested final with Saina Nehwal of India, ranked No 3 in the world.

In April, Mew Choo has retired from competition, citing injuries that have taken a toll on her body.[1] Due to her experience and service to the national team, BJSS offered her a coaching contract to become one of the women coaches.[2]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India	Saina Nehwal	21–19, 21–23, 13–21	Silver
2006	Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Tracey Hallam	12–21, 15–21	Silver

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Stadium Bandaraya, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Lu Lan	17–21, 18–21	Bronze

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	National Sports Complex, Vientiane, Laos	Salakjit Ponsana	18–21, 14–21	Bronze
2005	PhilSports Arena, Metro Manila, Philippines	Adriyanti Firdasari	8–11, 7–11	Silver
2003	Tan Binh Sport Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Salakjit Ponsana	11–5, 11–5	Gold

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	BWF Super Series Finals	Juliane Schenk	21–15, 21–7	Winner
2007	China Open	Xie Xingfang	21–16, 8–21, 21–17	Winner