Soo Teck Zhi (born 4 August 1995) is a Malaysian
badminton player. He participated at the
Vietnam Open 2012
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,
2012 India Open Grand Prix Gold
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,
2012 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold
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and the
2013 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold
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. In 2013 he won the gold medal at the
Asian Junior Championships in the boys' singles event.
Career
In his senior career, Soo reached the semifinals of the
Copenhagen Masters in 2014 and was the runner-up of the
Singapore International in 2015.
He later entered his first
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semifinal at the
2016 New Zealand Open Grand Prix Gold
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. In 2018, he won the
Bangladesh International and achieved two runner-up positions at the
Sydney International
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and the
Nepal International. In 2019, Soo lost the final of the
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to
Felix Burestedt of Sweden.
Achievements
Asian Junior Championships
''Boys' singles''
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 4 runner-up)
''Men's singles''
:
BWF International Challenge
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...
tournament
:
BWF International Series
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tournament
BWF Junior International (1 runner-up)
''Boys' singles''
: BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
: BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
: BWF Junior International Series tournament
: BWF Junior Future Series tournament
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
People from Selangor
Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
Malaysian male badminton players
21st-century Malaysian people
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