Liew Daren (born 6 August 1987) is a Malaysian former

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player. His biggest success throughout his career is having won the 2012 French Open Super Series. He reached a career high ranking of World No.10. He also represented Malaysia competed at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games and

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Early life

Liew was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and was educated at the Taman Midah Primary School. He began playing badminton at the age of seven. His brother was once a national badminton player. Liew started to play badminton professionally in 1998.

Career

During the 2012

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quarter-final, he was defeated by

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from

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, but not before he brought it into a rubber game of 21–17, 9–21 and 5–21. His best performance was during the Yonex French Open, where he won his first

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title on 28 October 2012 after beating

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from

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with the scores of 21–18 and 21–17. The

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finals saw Liew facing off against

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from Japan in a gripping battle to break the tie between

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and

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, who were even at 2–2 as they entered the decisive third Men's Singles match. Liew lost to Ueda after the match went into a rubber game, scoring 21–12, 18–21 and 21–17. In March 2022, Liew was appointed as

Lee Zii Jia Lee Zii Jia ( zh, s=李梓嘉, poj=Lí Chú-ka, p=Lǐ Zǐjiā, born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He is a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games, Asian champion and All England champion. He is best known for his smash, especi ...

's assistant coach. Since January 2023, Liew has been carrying on his duty as Lee's part-time coach following the departure of Lee's coach,

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in November 2022. On 26 April 2023, Liew confirmed his retirement from professional badminton and would pay attention in coaching

. On 20 December 2024, Liew was given a 12-month suspension from all badminton-related activities by

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for betting and match-fixing.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Men's singles''

BWF Superseries (1 title)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by

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(BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end. ''Men's singles'' :

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tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

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tournament

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

(BWF) since 2007. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

''Men's singles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Liew, Daren 1987 births Living people Badminton players from Kuala Lumpur Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in badminton Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games