Lyddia Cheah

Lyddia Cheah Li Ya (; 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 Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2009 Gym Hall 1, National Sports Complex, Vientiane, Laos Ratchanok Intanon 15–21, 21–23 Bronze Bronze

Asian Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2006 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wang Yihan 16–21, 18–21 Silver Silver 2007 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Gu Juan 21–16, 14–21, 11–21 Bronze Bronze

Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tee Jing Yi Richi Puspita Dili Debby Susanto 12–21, 21–15, 18–21 Silver Silver

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up) 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 Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2008 Chinese Taipei Open Saina Nehwal 8–21, 19–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 4 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2005 Malaysia Satellite Bae Seung-hee 4–11, 2–11 Runner-up 2008 Vietnam International Hung Shih-han 22–20, 21–15 Winner 2012 Malaysia International Liang Xiaoyu 21–17, 21–12 Winner 2016 Bulgarian International Panuga Riou 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2017 Iceland International Yang Li Lian 8–21, 11–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Bulgarian International Grace King Büşra Yalçınkaya Fatma Nur Yavuz 17–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2017 Iceland International Yang Li Lian Grace King Hope Warner 21–6, 21–16 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament