Lyddia Cheah


Lyddia Cheah Li Ya is a Malaysian badminton player. Her younger sister, Soniia Cheah Su Ya is also a professional badminton player. In 2010, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in India.

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. 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.
In 2012, she won the Maybank Malaysia International Challenge tournament. She lived up to expectations when she easily overpowered Singaporean seventh seed Liang Xiaoyu. By the end of July 2013 she announced her retirement from the international badminton scene and the National badminton team of Malaysia to pursue her A-level studies.. As an independent player she joined the AirAsia Badminton Academy in 2014 and resumed her international career. In August 2015 she signed with team Derby in the United Kingdom to participate in England's National Badminton League. In 2016, she was the runner-up at the Bulgarian International tournament in the women's singles and doubles event. In 2017, she won the Iceland International tournament in the women's doubles event, and became the runner-up in the singles event.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Women's Singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2009National Sports Complex, Vientiane, Laos Ratchanok Intanon15–21, 21–23 Bronze

Asia Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2007Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Gu Juan21–16, 14–21, 11–21 Bronze
2006Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wang Yihan16–21, 18–21 Silver

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Stadium 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 since 2007.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2008Chinese Taipei Open Saina Nehwal8–21, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017Iceland International Yang Li Lian8–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2016Bulgarian International Panuga Riou15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2012Malaysia International Liang Xiaoyu21–17, 21–12 Winner
2008Vietnam International Hung Shih-han22–20, 21–15 Winner
2005Malaysia Satellite Bae Seung-hee4–11, 2–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Iceland International Yang Li Lian Grace King
Hope Warner		21–6, 21–16 Winner
2016Bulgarian International Grace King Busra Yalçinkaya
Fatma Nur Yavuz		17–21, 17–21 Runner-up