Lydia Cheah Li Ya

Lyddia Cheah Li Ya
Personal information
Birth name	Lydia Cheah Li Ya
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1989-09-08) 8 September 1989 (age 27) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's
Highest ranking	29 (WS) 29 Oct 2009 195 (WD) 7 Jun 2012 413 (XD) 27 Aug 2015
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Malaysia Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi Mixed team Southeast Asian Games 2009 Vientiane Women's team 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Women's team 2009 Vientiane Women's singles 2011 Jakarta Women's team World Junior Championships 2006 Incheon Mixed team Commonwealth Youth Games 2004 Bendigo Mixed team Asia Junior Championships 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2007 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles 2006 Kuala Lumpur Girls' singles 2006 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2007 Kuala Lumpur Girls' singles
BWF profile
Updated on 07:10, 21 September 2013 (UTC).

Lydia Cheah Li Ya (simplified Chinese: 谢沂逾; traditional Chinese: 謝沂逾; pinyin: Xiè Yíyú; born 8 September 1989 in Kuala Lumpur, also known as Lyddia Cheah Yi Yu) is a Malaysian badminton player. Her younger sister, Sonia Cheah Su Ya is also a professional badminton player. In 2010, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in India.

In 2008, she became the runner-up at the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold tournament. She 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. 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.

Women's Singles

Girls' Singles

Girls' Doubles

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 (BWF) since 2007.

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