Bad day for independent shuttlers at BAM meet

Shuttler Soong Joo Ven loses one match but regains form to win another in the round robin format at the BAM Invitational Championships.

KUALA LUMPUR: if anyone had expected the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) Invitational Championships to be a routine affair, they were mistaken. There were surprises galore on the first day.

RESULTS

Men's singles: Cheam June Wei bt Adil Sholeh Ali Sadikin 21-18,21-16; Ng Tze Yong bt Soong Joo Ven 21-18,21-12; Leong Jun Hao bt Liew Daren 15-21,21-14,21-16; Liew Daren bt Ng Tze Yong 21-19,21-14; Soong Joo Ven bt Leong Jun Hao 21-11,13-21,27-25; Lee Zii Jia bt Lim Chong King 21-14,21-9; Cheam June Wei bt Lim Chong King 21-9,21-19.

Men' doubles

Group A: Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik bt Choong Hon Jian-Loo Bing Kun 21-17,18-21,21-13; Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi bt Choong Hon Jian-Loo Bing Kun 21-16,21-16; Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik bt Ooi Jhy Dar-Yap Roy King 21-11,21-16; Ooi Jhy Dar-Yap Roy King bt Ching Kai Feng-Lwi Sheng Hao 21-12,21-18.

Group B: Chang Yee Jun-Chia Wei Jie bt Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong 16-21,21-12,23-21; Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani bt Chang Yee-Jun-Chia Wei Jie 21-19,21-12; Low Hang Yee-Ng Eng Cheong BT Chen Tang Jie-Mohd Nurfirdaus Azman 21-16, 21-14; Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong bt Chen Tang Jie- Mohd Nurfirdaus Azman 21-8,21-19;

Women's singles: Eoon Qi Xuan bt Lee Ying Ying 21-15,21-9; Soniia Cheah bt K. Letshanaa 21-13,21-11.

Women's doubles: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah bt Teoh Mei Xing-Yap Ling 21-12,22-20; Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean bt Anna Cheong-Toh Ee Wei 21-16,21-11.

Mixed doubles: Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying bt Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See 21-15, 21-15; Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See bt Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie 13-21,6-4, ret; Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying bt Chen Tang Jie-Peck Yen Wei 21-18,21-16; Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing bt Chen Tang Jie-Peck Yen Wei 23-21,21-16.