23 Sep

PUCHONG (23 September, 2017): Defending Junior Purple League (JPL) champions, Petaling BC picked themselves up after a slim defeat to Rawang BC last week as they edged Serdang BC 9-6 in the JPL2017 second leg at Sports Arena Puchong today. It was not all smooth sailing for Petaling BC as their boys’ singles player, Lim Yik Fong fell to a straight-sets loss to Serdang BC’s Weng Hongyang (10-11, 3-11, 5-11) early on. [caption id="attachment_721" align="alignleft" width="300"] The girls' doubles pair of Nathakorn Jaiareree (right) and Suprapich Silprakob (left) led defending champions Petaling BC to victory over Serdang BC in today's JPL2017 leg 2...

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23 Sep

As the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) takes a 10-day break before resuming for Round 5, the last two teams in action would head away from Johor Bahru with different feelings. A capacity crowd at the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor Bahru saw Team Persson positively dismantling Team Rossi, which no one could have foreseen after Shi Xunyao and Cheng I-Ching started the day with a 2-2 draw. [caption id="attachment_2977" align="alignleft" width="300"] Suthasini Sawettabut performed superbly to help Team Persson clinch the victory over Team Rossi during their T2APAC match earlier today.[/caption] Big wins for Jun Mizutani,...

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22 Sep

Having been the standout team in the first half of the season, Team Maze could well have ended Round 4 of the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) without a win. At the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor Bahru, Team JJ lead Team Fixture 23 all the way to the last of the six matches, when Feng Tianwei proved simply too strong for her opponent Jeon Jihee. [caption id="attachment_3169" align="alignleft" width="300"] Feng Tianwei of Team Maze celebrates after contributing valuable points for her team during her T2APAc 2017 match against Team JJ's Jeon Jihee at the Pinewood...

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21 Sep

KUALA LUMPUR (21 September 2017): Datuk Razif Sidek renowned as a bronze medallist at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and who is also a badminton legend in Malaysia, has passed on his competitive genes to his son, Muhammad Fazriq Mohd Razif who not surprisingly, is making waves on the junior circuit. Fazriq Razif, 13, currently plays for Bandar Maharani Badminton Club (BMBC) in the Junior Purple League 2017 (JPL2017) in the boy’s doubles category. According to Fazriq, it all started five years ago when he first saw his father playing and quickly took an interest in the sport. [caption id="attachment_716" align="alignright" width="300"] Bandar...

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21 Sep

Team Persson’s mastery over Team JJ finally came to an end at the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC). At the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor Bahru, Team JJ finally broke through with a 16-12 result built on three key wins in Team Fixture 21. [caption id="attachment_3185" align="alignleft" width="300"] Team JJ's Taiwanese player, Chuang Chih-Yuan performed well to beat Jun Mizutani of Team Persson 5-0 during Round 4 of T2APAC earlier today.[/caption] Matilda Ekholm’s handy 3-1 win over Shi Xunyao provided the platform for Team JJ, as Chuang Chih-yuan and Liu Fei followed up with big wins over...

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20 Sep

Action at the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) resumed after a six-week break with the European players flying in after the European Championships in Luxembourg. Jiang Jialiang certainly knows how to play to the crowd as he told spectators at the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios that he has brought a new lucky charm – yet another handheld fan with the words “WIN WIN WIN” on it. [caption id="attachment_3192" align="alignleft" width="200"] A relieved Vladimir Somsonov of team JJ after defeating Paul Drinkhall 3-2 in a T2APAC match earlier.[/caption] Team Fixture 19 would see the T2APAC debuts of two players...

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17 Sep

PUCHONG (17 September, 2017):  Cheras Badminton Club (BC) continued their rich vein of form in the Junior Purple League 2017 (JPL2017) first leg as they defeated Ampang Jaya BC 10-8 in today’s evening session at Sports Arena Puchong. [caption id="attachment_712" align="alignright" width="300"] Cheras BC's rising star, Aidil Sholeh Ali Sadikin will be an important player for his team if they are to challenge for the JPL2017 title.[/caption] Aidil Sholeh Ali Sadikin gave Cheras BC an excellent start in the boy’s singles match as he beat Ampang Jaya BC’s Huang Long Kai 3-1 (10-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-4) before sisters, Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn...

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16 Sep

PUCHONG (16 September, 2017): Day 1 of the Junior Purple League 2017 (JPL2017) first leg saw newly promoted side Bandar Maharani Badminton Club (BC) impress on their Division 1 bow by beating Serdang BC 14-3 at Sports Arena Puchong today. Last season’s Division 2 champions took control of the tie from the get-go through Lim Chong King’s 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-6) victory over Chang Chia Hao in the boy’s singles match. Bandar Maharani then went 6-0 up thanks to another straight sets win, this time through their Chinese Taipei boy’s pair, Luo Jin Wen/Wang Yu Qiao who beat Serdang’s Lee Xin Je/Lim Mei...

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14 Sep

KUALA LUMPUR (14 September, 2017): The third edition of the Junior Purple League (JPL) starts in just a few days and players who feel they have a future in the game will strut their stuff with the hope of being spotted by talent scouts who in turn will help them achieve their ambitions of becoming future professionals. JPL2017 kicks off this Saturday (Sept 16) where junior players between the ages of 13 and 18 years will be exposed to high-intensity competition as they look to emulate the likes of Goh Jin Wei, Lee Zii Jia and Leong Jun Hao who graduated from the JPL...

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08 Sep

The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and Malaysia Purple League (MPL) have joined forces in a bid to recapture Malaysia's badminton greatness on the international front after a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony held earlier today at Ruyi & Lyn, Bangsar Shopping Centre. Recognized as one of the pioneers of entertaining professional badminton leagues in the world today, MPL will be looking to carry on revolutionizing the sport with the continuous support and backing of BAM. With the huge success of last year’s events namely the Junior Purple League, Junior Champions Challenge and the SS Purple League, badminton fans were treated...

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