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Badminton: Zulfadli Eyes World Meet

The Malaysian badminton team ended their campaign in the Commonwealth Youth Championships with a haul of four gold, two silver and one bronze.

ZULFADLI Zulkiffli received a boost ahead of next month's World Junior Championships by winning the boys' singles title at the Commonwealth Youth Championships in Isle of Man on Sunday.


Zulfadli defeated India's Sameer Verma 21-16, 17-21, 21-15 in a nail biting final for his second title of the year after his triumph at the Asian Junior Championships in July.

The 18-year-old, sponsored by KLRC, hopes to continue his momentum in upcoming 'Open' tournaments before he leads the boys' squad at the world junior meet, scheduled for Oct 28-Nov 6, in Taiwan.

Malaysia added three more gold medals in the boys' and women's doubles and mixed doubles at the Isle of Man.
Nelson Heg-Teo Ee Yi overcame a tough first game before beating England's Ryan McCarthy-Tom Wolfenden 24-22, 21-16 in the boys' doubles final while Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean beat compatriots Sonia Cheah-Yang Li Lian 21-17, 21-8 for the women's doubles title.

Ee Yi and Mei Kuan then teamed up to win the mixed doubles title by edging India's Srikanth Kidambi-Maneesha Kukkpalli 18-21, 21-16, 21-8.

Malaysia failed to earn a clean sweep when Sonia went down 22-20, 21-8 to India's top seed Pusarla Sindhu in the girls' singles final while teammate Li Lian lost 21-16, 22-20 to Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour in the bronze medal match.

National junior coach Yap Kim Hock was delighted with his shuttlers' performance in the competition.

"We were not expecting seven medals from badminton. I hope they will build from their performance here for next month's world junior meet," said Kim Hock.

The Malaysian contingent ended their campaign in the Commonwealth Youth Championships with a haul of four gold, two silver and one bronze.

England were the overall champions with 37-24-16 followed by Australia (29-38-17) and South Africa (8-7-15) from seven sports.


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Malaysian Shuttlers Come Close To A Clean Sweep In The Youth Games

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia came close to a clean sweep on the badminton courts before settling for four out of the five gold medals at stake at the Commonwealth Youth Games at the Isle of Man on Sunday.

The mixed doubles pair of Teo Ee Yi-Chow Mei Kuan gave Malaysia the first gold medal when they came back from a game down to beat India’s K. Srikanth-K. Maneesha 18-21, 21-16, 21-8.

Mei Kuan then partnered Lee Meng Yean to deliver the second gold by beating Sonia Cheah-Yang Li Lian in an all-Malaysian girls’ doubles final.

The third gold came courtesy of reigning world junior champions Ee Yi-Nelson Heg, who beat England’s Ryan McCarthy-Tom Wolfenden 24-22, 21-16 in the boys’ doubles.

Victory pose: The national junior shuttlers showing off the medals won in the Commonwealth Youth Games badminton competition in the Isle of Man. Malaysia won a haul of four gold, two silver and one bronze medal.

Zulfadli Zulkifli, carrying an injury on his right leg, then lived up to expectations as the Asian junior champion by defeating India’s Sameer Verma 21-16, 17-21, 21-15 for Malaysia’s fourth gold medal.

It could have been a clean sweep but Sonia failed to get the better of India’s Pursala Sindhu in the girls’ singles final, losing 20-22, 8-21.

There was also a bronze medal through the mixed doubles pair of Nelson-Meng Yean, who beat England’s Ryan McCarthy-Emily Westwood 21-14, 21-10.

The four-gold haul also surpassed Malaysia’s three-gold effort in the previous edition in 2008, in which badminton contributed two gold medals.

National junior coach Yap Kim Hock was pleased with his charges’ efforts.

“The seven-medal haul is quite unexpected. Our job here is now complete but the next challenge for the junior shuttlers will be the World Junior Championships in Taiwan in November,” said Kim Hock.

Meanwhile, Malaysia finished empty-handed in both cycling and swimming.

In cycling, Ju Pha Som Net finished 11th in the women’s criterium race while Hamdan Hamidun was 24th in the men’s event.

In swimming, Tern Jian Han finished sixth in the men’s 200m butterfly while Erika Kong finished last in the women’s 200m breaststroke.

Malaysians Enter All Five Badminton Finals In The Youth Games

PETALING JAYA: A possible clean sweep of all five gold medals in badminton beckons for Malaysia for the first time in the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man.

A gold medal is already assured in the women’s doubles after Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean and Sonia Cheah-Yang Li Lian made it an all-Malaysian final affair.

Top seeded Mei Kuan-Meng Yean, the Asian Junior Championships runners-up, overcame Australia’s Jacqueline Guan-Gronya Somerville 21-7, 21-19 while the unseeded pair of Sonia-Li Lian beat Sri Lankan pair A. Rathnasiri- U. Samanthika 21-16, 22-20 in the semi-finals on Saturday.

Double challenge: Sonia Cheah is through to both the women’s singles and doubles finals of the Commonwealth Youth Games’ badminton competition in the Isle of Man.

Reigning Asian junior champion Zulfadli Zulkifli did not allow a right leg injury to hinder him in his quest to deliver the men’s singles gold for Malaysia.

Zulfadli sustained the injury during the match against India’s P. Joshi 21-13, 19-21, 21-19 but slogged through reach the semi-finals in the morning.

The top seeded Malaysian seeked treatment later and was forced to concede a walkover in the doubles quarter-finals match partnering Joo Ven against England’s Ryan McCarthy-Tom Wolfenden.

He returned to the court in the afternoon to beat England’s Ryan Walker 21-12, 21-10 to reach the singles final.

Another representative, Soong Joo Ven was shown the exit with a 12-21, 15-21 defeat by India’s S. Verma, who later reached the final from the bottom half of the draw.

Sonia also advanced to the women’s singles final and will take on Pusaria Sindhu of India for the gold medal.

Third seeded Sonia overcame a fighting Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland 21-19, 10-21, 21-11 while Li Lian failed to get the better of the top seeded Indian shuttler in her semi-finals match. Li Lian lost 12-21, 10-21.

The top junior men’s doubles pairing of Nelson Heg-Teo Ee Yi will be gunning for gold when they take on the English pairing of McCarthy-Wolfenden in the final.

Nelson-Ee Yi marched to the final after beating Canadian pair Nathan Choi-Nyi Yakura 21-17, 21-11.

Ee Yi-Mei Kuan ensured Malaysia have a representative in the mixed doubles as well after reaching the final, where they will face Indian challengers Srikanth Kidambi-Maneesha Kukkapalli.

National junior coach Yap Kim Hock is confident Malaysia will better their achievement from the previous edition in Pune, India two years ago.

In the 2008 edition, the Malaysian contingent won three gold, five silver and four bronze medals with badminton accounting for two golds and shooting contributing one.

“One gold medal is already in the bag and we hope to get two more at least.

“Badminton should deliver the most medals this time as we are also hopeful of getting two more bronze medals in the mixed doubles (Nelson-Meng Yean) and women’s singles (Li Lian),” said Kim Hock.

In athletics, Ali Ashraf Razali did well to finish fourth in the men’s 100m hurdles final clocking 14.06.

In cycling, Ju Pha Som Net was placed eighth in the women’s 60km road race while Hamdan Hamidun ended 35th in the men’s 100km event.

Swimmers Tern Jian Hang and Chi Chia Khian were fifth and sixth in the men’s 100m butterfly while Erika Kong earned a fifth placing in the women’s 50m breaststroke.

Malaysia sent a 23-member strong contingent to compete in four of the seven sports contested.