Pearly Tan and M Thinaah, Malaysia’s top women’s doubles pair, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Japan Open after defeating Denmark’s Mai Surrow and Julie Finne-Ipsen 21-11, 22-20. Consequently, they will face China’s Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning, the Olympic silver medallists, in the next round. In an all-Malaysian men’s doubles encounter, Man Wei…
Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medallist and world No. 6 Lee Zii Jia faced an unexpected setback on Tuesday (Aug 20). He was eliminated in the first round of the Japan Open in Yokohama. Zii Jia was defeated by the world No. 29 French teenager Alex Lanier with scores of 18-21, 13-21 in just 41 minutes….
Rexy Mainaky, Malaysia’s national badminton coach from Indonesia, has advocated for a broader focus in Malaysia’s approach to sports and Olympic preparation. In a recent statement, he emphasized the need for Malaysia to diversify its sports investments if the country aims to improve its overall Olympic medal tally. Rexy’s comments came after Malaysia’s performance at…
Lee Zii Jia won a bronze medal in men’s singles badminton at the Paris Olympics, making a significant contribution to Malaysia’s rise in the medal table. He accomplished this through a hard-fought match against India’s Lakshya Sen. After losing the first set 13-21, Zii Jia came back strongly to win the next two sets 21-16…
Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik win Malaysia’s first medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. National men’s doubles pair Aaron-Wooi Yik secured the bronze medal by overcoming world No.2 Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen from Denmark with scores of 16-21, 22-20, 21-19. The match took place at Adidas Arena in Port de la Chapelle on Sunday, August 4….
Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah made history as the first Malaysian women’s doubles pair to reach the Olympic semi-finals. However, they ultimately lost to China’s Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan with scores of 12-21, 21-18, 15-21. The world No. 12 fell 11-21, 11-21 to Japan’s world No. 4 Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in 41…
Lee Zii Jia is playing the best badminton of his career at the Paris Olympics. Consequently, he reached the men’s singles semi-finals this morning (August 3) at the Adidas Arena in Port de la Chapelle. The independent shuttler survived a late fightback from Anders Antonsen of Denmark. As a result, he secured a 21-17, 21-15…
Malaysia has advanced to the badminton semi-finals at the Paris 2024 Olympics in both men’s and women’s doubles. Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah secured their spot by defeating South Korea, while Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik made it through by overcoming their Indian opponents. Women’s Doubles Tough Match Against World No. 1 Chen Qing…
National mixed doubles pair Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei experienced a heartbreaking end to their Olympic journey in the quarterfinals of the Paris 2024 Olympics. Despite their determined performance, the world number nine debutants fell to South Koreans Kim Won Ho and Jeong Na Eun with scores of 19-21, 14-21 in a match…
National men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia advanced to the last-16 of the Paris 2024 Olympics with a 21-10, 21-13 victory over Spain’s Pablo Abian. The win came in his second Group G match, held at the Adidas Arena in Port de la Chapelle. The opening set was closely contested until Zii Jia gained a…