Dania hits Purple patch as Maharani lift title


PETALING JAYA: Dania Sofea Zaidi (pic) showed just why she is one of the brightest badminton talents in the country at the moment when she steered Bandar Maharani BC to glory in the inaugural Top Glove Purple League Pro-Am team championship.

The 14-year-old outclassed Isabel Liau, a former national junior shuttler and five years older, 11-8, 11-6, 11-10 in the singles to help the Johor-based outfit whip Butterworth BC 9-1 at the Kompleks Kejiranan Presint 11 in Putrajaya yesterday.

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