PETALING JAYA: Women’s singles shuttler Sonia Cheah is coming to the rescue!
The global No. 34 Sonia is ready to step as much as supply a factor in the girls’ singles in the Sudirman Cup in Nanning, China, from May 19-26 if Goh Jin Wei fails in her race to be in shape. National No. 1 Jin Wei, ranked twenty-fifth globally, is recovering from a stomach ailment. As the next satisfactory alternative, Sonia says she is just as capable of filling in the function.
“I’ll be satisfied if the educator decides on me. The challenge is daunting even though we will face China and India, who have sturdy girls’ singles players,” said Sonia. “But I’ve religion in my capability. I think I can supply them not simply awesome fight, but even strives to deliver a factor for the team.” Sonia has a superb purpose in playing her coronary heart out – the Sudirman Cup gives precious rating factors for the qualification for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
“Every tournament becomes more vital for this Olympic qualifying duration,” said Sonia. Sonia has been an everyday starter for Malaysia on every main team occasion in the final years. Besides the 2017 Sudirman Cup in Gold Coast, Australia, Sonia was also part of the group that lost to India in the mixed group final of the closing 12-month Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. She fought bravely for 68 minutes in her eleven-21, 21-19, nine-21 defeat to Saina Nehwal, and India went on to win 3-1 over Malaysia for their first-ever team gold in the Games. Sonia also gave a proper account for herself on the Uber Cup Finals in Bangkok final year by stretching China’s Chen Yufei to a 65-minute struggle before dropping 21-18, 20-22, 18-21.
Sonia confirmed she’s no pushover based on her latest show, too.
At the Asian Badminton Championships last month, Sonia gave former international champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan a run for her cash before losing 21-17, 12-21, 15-21 within the ultimate 16. A rather common opinion about badminton is that it is one of the safest games possible- a fun, family game that is innocent of malice and devoid of any real danger of injury. Such notions are highly probable, given the game’s immense popularity worldwide, as entertainment for children during playtime and a serious Olympic sport.
However, contrary to popular opinion, badminton players are also prone to injury—some so intense that they may take months to heal completely. According to one study conducted by a Denmark-based group of doctors and published in 2006, badminton injuries occur at an average rate of 2.9 per person every 1000 hours of playtime despite being a non-contact sport, where there is no physical contact between the opposing players.
Badminton injuries happen frequently- mostly due to the overuse of certain body parts and sometimes because of accidents that happen suddenly and painfully. This mostly occurs in players who wear the wrong shoes, do not wear warm-up arm-ups more than required, have bad technique, are overweight, or are generally unfit. Injuries are witnessed in players who have not indulged in the sport for a while and in seasoned players who have overused body parts such as wrists, ankles, knees, and elbows, to name a few.
