KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 -- Two national men's back-up singles shuttlers -- Leong Jun Hao and Ng Tze Yong -- stole the show in Division One on the opening day of the 2020 Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) Invitational Championships at the Academy Badminton Malaysia in Bukit Kiara today.
Jun Hao, the 2017 Asian junior champion who won Division Two last week, bounced back from a game down to beat former national player Liew Daren 15-21, 21-14, 21-16 in the match that lasted more than an hour.
“I expected a tough match, but I didn't think too much about my opponent. I just wanted to give my best in every match.
“My goal is to be in top four and this victory has certainly lifted my spirits as I head into the next match,” he said.
Tze Yong then put up a brilliant performance en route to defeating another former national player, Soong Joo Ven, 21-18, 21-12.
National men's singles ace Lee Zii Jia, however, showed his class when he put Division Two runner-up Lim Chong King to the sword by storming to a 21-14, 21-9 win.
Meanwhile, national mixed doubles pair Goh Soh Huat-Shevon Jemie Lai had to withdraw from the tournament after the former sustained a back muscle injury while playing against Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See.
Soon Huat-Shevon won the opening game 21-13 and were trailing 4-6 in the second when Soon Huat picked up the injury.
BAM organised the invitational meet, played behind closed doors and using the round-robin format, to ensure that the national shuttlers remained competitive following the cancellation of several international tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Results:
Men's singles:
Lee Zii Jia bt Lim Chong King 21-14, 21-9;
Cheam June Wei bt Aidil Sholeh Ali Sadikin 21-18, 21-16;
Leong Jun Hao bt Liew Daren 15-21, 21-14, 21-16;
Ng Tze Yong bt Soong Joo Ven 21-18, 21-12.
Men's doubles:
Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong bt Chen Tang Jie-Nur Firdaus Azman 21-8, 21-18;
Aaron Chia-Soh Woo Yik bt Ooi Jhy Dar-Yap Roy King 21-11, 21-16;
Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzudin Muhd Rumsani bt Chang Yee Jun-Chia Wei Jie 21-19, 21-12;
Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi bt Choong Hon Jian-Loo Bing Kun 21-16, 21-16;
Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong bt Chen Tang Jie- Nur Firdaus Azman 21-8, 21-19;
Chang Yee Jun-Chia Wei Jie bt Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong 16-21, 21-12, 23-21.
Women's singles:
Soniia Cheah bt K. Letshanaa 21-13, 21-11;
Eoon Qi Xuan bt Lee Ying Ying 21-14, 21-9.
Women's doubles:
Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean bt Anna Cheong-Toh Ee Wei 21-16, 21-11;
Pearly Tan Koong Le-M.Thinaah bt Teoh Mei Xing-Yap Ling 21-12, 22-20.
Mixed doubles:
Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying bt Chen Tang Jie-Peck Yen Wei 21-18, 21-16;
Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See bt Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Jemie Lai 21-13, 4-6 (Soon Huat-Shevon withdraw from the tournament after Soon Huat is injured);
Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing bt Chen Tang Jie-Peck Yen Wei 23-21, 21-16.
-- BERNAMA
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