KOTA KINABALU: Aguwell Andrew, pamain kelahiran Kota Marudu yang berpasangan dengan Carlester Cleve James dari Kota Kinabalu menjuarai kategori Beregu Lelaki Bawah 15 Tahun pada Kejohanan AEON Cerdit Purple Leauge Junior 2020 baru-baru ini.

Selaku juara mereka membawa pulang hadiah berupa trofi dan wang tunai RM1,000.00.

Seramai 500 orang pemain daripada 40 kelab badminton menyertai kejohanan yang berlangsung pada 31 Mac hungga 4 April dan  menawarkan hadiah keseluruhan berjumlah RM26,400.00 berkenaan.

Sementara itu, Pengurus Pasukan DSBC Labuan Dato Sri Goh Sin Han mengucapkan syabas dan tahniah kepada pasangan Aguwell Andrew dan Carlester Cleve James di atas kejuaraan yang diraih.

Beliau juga mengucapkan tahniah kepada pemain yang berjaya melangkah ke separuh akhir antaranya Marcella Andrew bagi acara Perseorangan Perempuan Bawah 18 Tahun, Goh Shuen Tong/Quinton Yap (Beregu Campuran B18 Tahun), Demond Anthny/Naldo Fong Kuo Yoong (Beregu Lelaki B18 Tahun) dan Calister Clave James (Perseorangan Lelaki B15 Tahun).

“Tahniah juga kepada kelab-kelab badminton di daerah Kota Marudu, Kota Kinabalu, Kota Belud dan SBA kerana mampu melahirkan bakat-bakat baharu badminton dan seterusnya mampu barsaing dengan pemain dari kelab-kelab badminton ternama di semenanjung.

“Ini merupakan pencapaian yang sungguh membanggakan,” jelasnya.

Beliau mengharapkan agar pihak BAM memberikan peluang kepada pemain-pemain ini ditawarkan ke ABM agar bakat mereka dapat diasah lagi.

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Award-winning home appliance manufacturer LG Electronics has announced a RM150,000 sponsorship, in collaboration with Malaysia Purple League (MPL), an organisation supported and sanctioned by the Youth & Sports Ministry and the Badminton Association of Malaysia. The sponsorship is set to take effect in MPL’s 2020/2021 season.

The Malaysia Purple League was established to collaborate with Badminton Association of Malaysia to help fulfil Malaysia’s aspiration of finding the next Malaysian Olympic badminton champion, while creating more value in the industry by generating job opportunities and a stable career path for badminton professionals.

Kim Kyutae, Managing Director of LG Electronics Malaysia said, “The Purple League platform allows for a unique and invaluable experience to both the players and audiences alike, as well as towards the success of the sport for Malaysia. In line with our Chapter of Social Contribution, we work towards forming strategic partnerships to support those who strive to realise their dreams.”

“Sports has always been a platform of unity for Malaysians from all walks of life. It is also a platform for many to ensure a well-balanced work and personal life. We are honoured to play a role in making a difference in Malaysia’s sports landscape through our support in tournaments like the Purple League,” added Kim.

Ho Khek Mong, Chief Operating Executive of the MPL expressed his profound gratitude to LG Electronics. “The Malaysia Purple League ecosystem enables opportunities for growth in the badminton industry. We are excited to have a global and prevalent brand like LG Electronics join our ecosystem to continue providing the platform for top-ranked players and young upcoming talents alike to compete on the same court, especially given current circumstances.”

“We hope this partnership will be a siren’s calling for other organisations to join the Malaysia Purple League ecosystem to collaborate and leave a long-lasting, positive impact in the sports industry.”

The MPL has successfully hosted the Top Glove Purple League Pro-Am 2020(PLPA) in the 2020/21 season, while the Aeon Credit Purple League Junior 2020 completed its first region in Port Dickson, with the remainder to be held after the end of MCO 2.0. This will be followed by the Biz Link Property Purple League Corporate 2020/2021 and the SENHENG redONE  Purple League 2020/2021, culminating with a total of four major tournaments in the 2020/2021 Season.

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PETALING JAYA: Four foreign clubs are set to participate in the Malaysia Purple League (MPL) when the tournament makes a return this year.

The league would remain an eight-team competition with the four foreign clubs taking part for the first time.

But it remains to be seen if the organisers could roll out the sixth edition of the tournament as planned this May after the second movement control order (MCO) was imposed since early last month to curb the spike in Covid-19 cases.

But MPL chief operating officer Ho Khek Mong is confident of holding the event at some point this year.

“We intend to make things more interesting by inviting several foreign clubs – making it Malaysian clubs going up against the internationals, ” said a buoyed Khek Mong, after receiving RM150,000 in sponsorship from LG Electronics yesterday.

“When we first put forward this proposal, clubs from China, Thailand, Taiwan and Indonesia were interested.

“Some of the clubs we approached have already agreed to participate, but of course we have to put everything on hold following the MCO.

“We will speak to the teams again when we can confirm a date. Also, we’re still awaiting the government’s SOP on organising international tournaments.

Asked if the foreigners’ involvement would deny local professional shuttlers an opportunity to play in the league, Khek Mong said: “We will enforce a rule that makes it compulsory for the clubs to fill up their team roster with a full local line-up, including their professional players. This applies to the foreign teams too, for instance if the club is from Singapore, then they must enter a team made up by all Singaporean players.”

The MPL staged their fifth edition two years ago and gave the 2019-2020 season a miss as most players were involved in the qualification campaign for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

It could not be held last year either due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Despite the difficulties the MPL organisers made an encouraging comeback by successfully staging the RM100,000 Top Glove Purple League Pro-AM individual championships in December.

Their next focus will be on resuming the Purple League Junior (PLJ), which was suspended in October last year.

They managed to run only the first regional challenge in Port Dickson.

This edition is unique as it is held in four locations with the next three slated in Ipoh, Puchong and Muar. The top four teams in each city will make up the 16-team line-up for the Grand Finals.

男单头次号种子宋浚洋和伊斯干达经过5局苦胜对手，会师紫盟职业赛男单决赛争冠。

世界排名第67的宋浚洋以11比6、11比7、5比11、5比11、11比9 险胜同样是来自蕉赖羽毛球俱乐部的2届前全国冠军（2016和17年）林志咏。

2019年全国冠军的宋浚洋赛后表示，他今天一开始在防守中寻找进攻的机会，在取得两局领先后，林志咏在第三、第四局加强进攻力度，成功扳回两局，庆幸在决胜局及时改变策略，而对手一时反应不过来，所以我才拿下比赛。

他说，两人自13岁开始就一起打球，水平相当，看临场表现来决定胜负。

在新的一年，宋浚洋为自己设下目标，“我希望今年能把世界排名提升至前30名，以便能够参加750、1000的比赛。”

在另一场男单半决赛，2015和18年全国冠军伊斯干达以7比11、11比8、10比11、11比4、11比6战胜世界排名269的莫哈末伊兹祖丁，将和宋浚洋在决赛碰头，争夺1万令吉的冠军奖。

伊斯干达指出，在周日举行的决赛硬碰宋俊洋，大家都是老对手了，熟悉彼此的打法，临场表现将决定胜负。

【紫盟职业赛】半决赛5局苦胜 宋俊洋伊斯争冠

（布城31日讯）2020顶级手套紫盟羽联职业球员赛周四展开引人关注的男单首圈比赛，列头次号种子的前国手宋濬洋和伊斯干达顺利携手晋级8强，而昨晚在混双失意的林志咏也在首圈力挫杨昇宙。

现任全国冠军宋濬洋和两届全国冠军伊斯干达分挫名宿之子米土蓝丹和郑子镒后，今晚将各自迎来祖赫尔米和法伊兹的挑战；另一位两届全国冠军林志咏在8强的对手是陈铭康。

男单首圈的最大的亮点是大马残疾羽球名将谢儮好（前名谢立豪）在首圈领先两局的情况下遭纳英顽抗追平，所幸他最后站稳脚步守住胜果，获得全场掌声，他接下来将对阵以3比2淘汰前国手3/4种子陈加伟的伊兹祖丁。

谢儮好赛后表示：“11分制和陌生的场地让我要额外地专注。决胜局靠的是心态，显然对手比较毛躁，我才幸运地获胜过关。”
谢儮好庆幸能参赛

谢儮好也表示自己是偶然在濬洋的邀请下，抱着尝试的心态报名参加这个比赛：“很幸运我的申请被接受了，由于本身的缺陷，而且这赛事不是残疾比赛，加上参赛高手如云，所以我不知道自己能走多远。”

完成2020年最后一日的比赛，谢儮好希望疫情快点结束，以便他明年能如愿参加东京残奥会圆梦。

在昨晚进行的混双8强赛，原本受看好能晋级的林志咏与何艳美却以0比3不敌两名专攻双打的球员黄天启与林秋仙，而黄天启还是前全国21岁以下男双和混双双料冠军。

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（布城30日讯）2020顶级手套紫盟专业自由人赛混双项目今天开打，由两名单打名将林志咏与何艳美组成的混双组合轻取对手对手打进八强。

虽然并非种子球员，但备受看好的林志咏与何艳美，在首圈轻松地以3比0拿下朱桀嵚与刘贝儿闯关。林志咏在赛后接受访问时表示，对于空场比赛，他还在适应中。
“和想象的不一样，很安静。”

林志咏也提及了新冠疫情对他带来的巨大影响：“最近比较难，没有比赛，赞助也因为曝光率减少而遭削减。”

林志咏与何艳美将在八强挑战次号种子黄天启与林秋仙，后者在另一场比赛同样以3比0打败黄琪媗与陈溢涵。                              。
另一支晋级八强的组合林志键与颜静儿也轻易地以3比1横扫阿末马兹里与诺哈兹瓦尼，前者亦是头号种子。林志键的尖锐暴扣是制胜武器。他在赛后接受采访时表示今天自己的发挥很好。

“我们比平时训练时更专注，并在两星期前就已为这个比赛做好准备。”

今年20岁，也是2018紫盟羽联青年赛冠军成员的林志键坦言，自己是为冲冠而来，会继续加油。他认为这个赛事办得很好，具备国际赛水平。

其他顺利晋级的还包括3/4种子陈国宣与黄嘉欣及阿里夫与萧皓珊、李建益与吴玥青、纳兹米与黄欣儿、文鑫源与张乐绚。8强赛事将于周三傍晚7时准时开打。

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Saingan badminton Top Glove Purple League Pro Am 2020 tampak semakin hangat apabila bergu yang diletakkan sebagai pilihan kejohanan menepati ramalan untuk mara ke peringkat suku akhir.

Lim Tze Jian-Gan Jing Err dan Wong Tien Chi-Lim Chiew Sien mengisi slot lapan terbaik ke peringkat suku akhir selepas menang ke atas lawan masing masing dalam aksi pembukaan yang berlangsung hari ini.

Terdahulu, meskipun turun bukan sebagai status bergu pilihan, Lim Chi Wing-Ho Yen Mei mempamer aksi yang konsisten sekaligus melepasi pusingan pertama selepas menang 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-7) ke atas Choo Kai Qing-Isabel Liau Bei.

Chi Wing juga menjelaskan masih memerlukan masa untuk menyesuaikan diri dengan cara permainan yang terbuka.

“Keadaan tidak seperti yang dibayangkan memandangkan suasana yang sepi,” kata Chi Wing.

Beliau turut menambah pandemik Covid 19 memberi kesan yang mendalam.

“Agak sukar sebelum ini kerana tiada pertandingan dan penajaan telah dikurangkan kerana tiada pertandingan.”

Malah, beliau juga tidak dapat terbang ke Thailand untuk mengambil bahagian dalam pertandingan anjuran Persekutuan Badminton Dunia (BWF) kerana kedudukan ranking yang agak rendah.

Justeru, menerusi penyertaan di Top Glove Purple League Pro Am 2020 dapat memberinya peluang untuk bangkit semula dan memperbaiki kedudukannya.

Chi Wing dan Yen Mei berdepan tugas getir dimana mereka akan berdepan pilihan kedua kejohanan, Wong Tien Chi-Lim Chiew Sien yang melepasi saingan aksi pembukaan selepas menundukkan Tan Yi Han-Ng Qi Xuan straight games 11-8 ,11-5, 11-8.

Lim Tze Jian-Gan Jing Err menepati status sebagai pilihan utama kejohanan apabila mara ke peringkat suku akhir tetapi dipaksa beraksi empat set sebelum mengesahkan kemenangan 3-1 (11-8, 11-8, 3-11, 11-10).

Kekuatan smash menjadi senjata kejayaan Tze Jian-Jing Err untuk memastikan kemenangan memihak mereka.

“Kami lebih fokus berbanding ketika sesi latihan dan sudah mempersiapkan diri sejak dua minggu lagi sebelum turun beraksi,” kata Tze Jian.

Beliau merupakan juara di saingan Purple League Remaja 2018 berazam untuk bertarung habis habisan sekaligus membawa pulang gelaran juara. Beliau turut menambah, saingan Purple League Pro Am ini merupakan pertandingan yang baik.

Lim Tze Jian-Gan Jing Err akan berdepan gandingan Boon Xin Yuan-Teoh Lexuan di perimgkat suku akhir susulan kejayaan menundukkan Leong Jun Kai-Vanessa Chai Voon Ching 3-1(11-9, 11-5, 10-11, 11-8).

KEPUTUSAN

Lim Tze Jian+Gan Jing Err (1)- Ahmad Maziri Mazlan+Noor Hazwani Hazair 11-8 11-8 3-11 11-10

Boon Xin Yuan+Teoh Lexuan – Leong Jun Kai+Vanessa Chai Voon Ching 11-9 11-5 10-11 11-8

Lee Jian Yi+Goh Yea Ching-Chong Ee Jack+Tang Wen Xin 11-5 11-4 11-8

Mohd Arif Abdul Latif+Desiree Siow [3/4] – Micaiah Chai Jien Zheng+Kok Youki 11-5 11-7 6-11 11-2

Tan Kok Xian+Wong Kha Yan [3/4] – Muhammad Syazmil Idham+Nur Syaza Roshidi 11-7 11-7 11-7

Too Ming Yap+Teh Won Quin – Mohamad Najmi Kamarudin+Ng Sin Er 11-10 11-9 4-11 7-11 11-7

Lim Chi Wing+Ho Yen Mei -Choo Kai Qing+Isabel Liau Bei Yi 11-7 11-6 11-7

Wong Tien Ci+Lim Chiew Sien [2] – Tan Yi Han+Ng Qi Xuan 11-8 11-5 11-8

Bergu pilihan mara ke suku akhir Top Glove Purple League Pro Am 2020

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 30 – The competition is heating up as the top seeds in the mixed doubles were all up to their expectations to advance to the quarterfinals of the Top Glove Purple League Pro Am Badminton Championship 2020.

Lim Tze Jian-Gan Jing Err and Wong Tien Chi-Lim Chiew Sien were among the top eight for the quarterfinals of the tourney after overcoming their respective opponents in the opening matched which took place in Putrajaya today.

Even though they were not selected as one of the tournament favourites, Lim Chi Wing-Ho Yen Mei showed plenty of consistency to progress past the first round following their 3-0 win (11-7, 11-6, 11-7) over Choo Kai Qing-Isabel Liau Bei.

However Chi Wing said they were still adjusting to each other.

“The situation is very much different than what we imagined as the atmosphere is very quiet,” said Chi Wing adding that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on everyone.

“It has been very difficult because there were no competition and the sponsorships have also been reduced because of it.”

He said, it was because lacking of competition that has resulted in him being unable to fly to Thailand to participate in the competition organised by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) due to his relatively low-ranking position.

However, his participation in the Top Glove Purple League Pro Am 2020 has given him the opportunity to bounce back and improve his position.

Chi Wing and Yen Mei will have a tough task in the next round where they will face the tournament second seeds, Wong Tien Chi-Lim Chiew Sien who flew by their opening match to beat Tan Yi Han-Ng Qi Xuan in straight games 11-8, 11-5, 11-8.

Meanwhile, top seed Lim Tze Jian-Gan Jing Err were forced to work hard in four sets before confirming a 3-1 victory (11-8, 11-8, 3-11, 11-10).

It was the smashing prowess of Tze Jian-Jing Err that ensured victory to their favour.

“We are more focused now compared to the training sessions where we have been preparing for two more weeks before going into action,” said Tze Jian who was the champion in the Purple League Junior 2018.

“This Top Glove Purple League Pro Am is a good competition and I am determined to fight all the way to bring home the title.”

Tze Jian-Jing Err will face Boon Xin Yuan-Teoh Lexuan in the quarterfinals following their 3-1 win (11-9, 11-5, 10-11, 11-8) over Leong Jun Kai-Vanessa Chai Voon Ching.

RESULTS

Lim Tze Jian/Gan Jing Err (1) bt Ahmad Maziri Mazlan/Noor Hazwani Hazair

11-8 11-8 3-11 11-10

Boon Xin Yuan/Teoh Lexuan bt Leong Jun Kai/Vanessa Chai Voon Ching

11-9 11-5 10-11 11-8

Lee Jian Yi/Goh Yea Ching bt Chong Ee Jack/Tang Wen Xin

11-5 11-4 11-8

Mohd Arif Abdul Latif/Desiree Siow [3/4] bt Micaiah Chai Jien Zheng/Kok Youki

11-5 11-7 6-11 11-2

Tan Kok Xian/Wong Kha Yan [3/4] bt Muhammad Syazmil Idham/Nur Syaza Roshidi

11-7 11-7 11-7

Too Ming Yap/Teh Won Quin bt Mohamad Najmi Kamarudin/Ng Sin Er

11-10 11-9 4-11 7-11 11-7

Lim Chi Wing/Ho Yen Mei bt Choo Kai Qing/Isabel Liau Bei Yi

11-7 11-6 11-7

Wong Tien Ci/Lim Chiew Sien [2] bt Tan Yi Han/Ng Qi Xuan

11-8 11-5 11-8

TOP GLOVE PURPLE LEAGUE 2020: TOP SEEDS ADVANCE TO QUARTERFINALS