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PETALING JAYA: There’s just no stopping national para badminton ace Cheah Liek Hou. The 33-year-old celebrated his sixth victory on the trot by winning the Spanish Para-Badminton International in Cartagena yesterday. World No. 2 Liek Hou was simply in a class of his own as he powered past Taiyo Imai of Japan 21-13,21-11 in a lopsided, 34-minute SU5 men’s singles final (impairment in upper body) to retain his 100% record against the world No. 5 after five meetings. Although this title was won in the absence of his two Indonesian arch-rivals, world No. 1 Dheva Anrimusthi and No. 3 Suryo Nugroho, Liek Hou stressed the importance of keeping the strong momentum going with the Paralympic Games looming in three months time. ....
Monday, 10 May 2021 The Spanish Para Badminton International, the final qualifying event for Tokyo 2020, where the sport makes its Paralympic debut, gets underway in Cartagena tomorrow. The event will run until Sunday (May 16) and feature men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles. A total of 157 players from 36 countries have arrived in the maritime enclave town ahead of competition at the Palacio de los Deportes de Cartagena. Top seeds include France s world number six WH1 men s singles player David Toupe, Switzerland’s Karin Suter-Erath in women s singles WH1 and Indonesian SL4 women’s singles world champion Leani Ratri Oktila, as they continue to gather ranking points and match play in the run-up to the Paralympics. ....