Soniia Cheah Su Ya

Career 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.

She won her first international title at the 2016 Belgian International tournament. Cheah competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

She founded a badminton academy, Sunheart Badminton with her sister, Lyddia in April 2022. On 13 December 2022, she announced her retirement from badminton due to the pain from the relapse of her bone spur injury which she has been enduring since 2013.

Achievements

SEA Games Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2017 Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Goh Jin Wei 11–21, 10–21 Silver Silver

Commonwealth Youth Games Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2011 National Sports Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man P. V. Sindhu 20–22, 8–21 Silver Silver

Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2011 National Sports Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man Yang Li Lian Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean 17–21, 8–21 Silver 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 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix 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 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