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Lyddia Cheah Li Ya (simplified Chinese: 谢沂逾; traditional Chinese: 謝沂逾; pinyin: Xiè Yíyú; born 8 September 1989, also known as Lyddia Cheah Yi Yu) is a Malaysian badminton player. Her younger sister, Soniia Cheah Su Ya is also a 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

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Women's singles




= Asian Junior Championships

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Girls' singles

Girls' doubles




= BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Women's singles

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF Grand Prix tournament




= BWF International Challenge/Series

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Women's singles

Women's doubles

BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament




References






External links


Lyddia Cheah at BWFBadminton.com
Lyddia Cheah at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)

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• Lyddia Cheah
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• Xie Yiyu
• Saina Nehwal
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• Yang Li Lian
• Büşra Yalçınkaya
• Badminton at the 2011 SEA Games – Women's team
• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
• 2014–15 Malaysia Purple League