Soniia Cheah Su Ya

Soniia Cheah Su Ya (born 19 June 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. She is the younger sister of Lydia Cheah Li Ya who is also a professional badminton player.[1] In her junior career, she represented Malaysia at the 2009, 2010, and 2011 Asian Junior Championships, World Junior Championships, 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, and 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games.[2][3]

Soniia Cheah Su Ya
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1993-06-19) 19 June 1993
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking23 (13 July 2017)
Current ranking29 (17 March 2020)
BWF profile
Soniia Cheah Su Ya
Traditional Chinese謝抒芽
Simplified Chinese谢抒芽

She won her first international title at the 2016 Belgian International tournament.[3] At the Southeast Asian Games, she won the mixed team bronze medal in 2011, also the silver medals in 2017 in the women's singles and team event.[4] Cheah competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[5]

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Goh Jin Wei 21–11, 21–10 Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Yang Li Lian Tang Jinhua
Xia Huan
11–21, 13–21 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

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

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Russian Open Evgeniya Kosetskaya 9–11, 11–5, 5–11, 11–5, 4–11 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2012 Dutch International Yao Jie 21–19, 9–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2016 Belgian International Sofie Holmboe Dahl 21–11, 16–21, 21–16 Winner
2016 Tata Open India International Pardeshi Shreyanshi 11–3, 6–11, 11–6, 11–7 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Soniia Cheah". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. "Asian Juniors 2011 – China's hat trick". Badzine.net. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. "Shuttler Sonia Cheah in Belgium clinches first international title". Malay Mail. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. "Back in her element". The Star. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. "Chong Wei accepts loss to India in mixed team final". The Star. Retrieved 10 April 2018.


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