Soo Teck Zhi (born 4 August 1995) is a Malaysian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

player. He participated at the Vietnam Open 2012, 2012 India Open Grand Prix Gold,

2012 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold The 2012 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold was the fifth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2012 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand June 5 until June 10, 2012, and had a to ...

and the

2013 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold The 2013 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold was the sixth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2013 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand June 4 until June 9, 2013 and had a tot ...

. 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

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in 2014 and was the runner-up of the

Singapore International The Singapore International or ''Singapore Satellite'', ''Cheers Asian Satellite'' is an open international badminton tournament in Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state ...

in 2015. He later entered his first BWF Grand Prix semifinal at the

2016 New Zealand Open Grand Prix Gold The 2016 New Zealand Open Grand Prix Gold was the sixth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament was held at the North Shore Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand on 22–27 March 2016 and h ...

. In 2018, he won the

Bangladesh International The Bangladesh International is an international badminton tournament held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and organized by the Bangladesh Badminton Federation. The tournament was established in June 2002 and was part of the Asian Satellite. In 2011, the to ...

and achieved two runner-up positions at the Sydney International and the

Nepal International The Nepal International is an international badminton tournament held in Kathmandu, Nepal. The tournament sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation and part of the Badminton Asia The Badminton Asia is the governing body of badminton in Asia. It ...

. In 2019, Soo lost the final of the Portugal International to

Felix Burestedt Felix Jacob Burestedt (born 26 February 1995) is a Swedish badminton player. Trained at the Halmstad BMK, Burestedt made his international debut in 2013, and entered the Badminton Europe Centre of Excellence (CoE) in 2017. He won his first intern ...

of Sweden.

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 4 runner-up)

''Men's singles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series 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

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* 1995 births Living people People from Selangor Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players 21st-century Malaysian people {{Malaysia-badminton-bio-stub