PPA Asia Tour: Panas Malaysia Cup 2025

KUALA LUMPUR — Sept 24–28, 2025.

Two venues—9Pickle Setia Alam and Setia City Convention Centre turned into a week-long showcase: broadcast crews on every big point and court teams hustling to keep Championship matches rolling.

The PPA Tour Asia Panas Malaysia Cup brought visiting stars and regional standouts into the same pressure cooker, and the variety on show cat-and-mouse dinks, lightning hands battles, bold speed-ups, and line-painting thirds made KL feel less like a mid-season stop and more like a statement.

Roos van Reek | The measured climb to center court

Roos van Reek threaded a cool, first-strike path through Women’s Singles, dialing up pace when windows opened and banking margin when they didn’t. She reached the final and finished runner-up to Kaitlyn Christian, with Chao Yi “Zoey” Wang taking bronze—an ending that matched the quality of her week.

Nicola Schoeman | Doubles engine, always in gear

In Women’s Doubles, Nicola Schoeman and Danni-Elle Townsend kept resetting through traffic, then punched patterns when rallies stretched. They rode that mix to silver, falling to Wang/Christian in a tight finish—11–6, 14–12, one of the weekend’s closest championship scorelines. It was smart, connected doubles: clean thirds, brave hands at the kitchen, good reads under pressure.

Yu-chieh Hsieh | Two draws, one steady heartbeat

Yu-chieh Hsieh split time between Women’s Singles (top-10) and Mixed Doubles (with Thomas Yu, 5th). In mixed, her counter-speedups and cat-quick hands bought her team time in the kitchen; in singles, she worked points until the short ball arrived. Different formats, same poise.

Thomas Yu | Pressure reps that mattered

Thomas Yu’s week ran on late-round minutes: 5th in Mixed with Hsieh and 7th in Men’s Doubles with Len Yang. The tape shows timely poaches, handspeed holds at deuce, and enough aggression to keep favorite pairings honest—inside a bracket ultimately won by Tyson McGuffin/Eric Oncins over Ben Johns/Christian Alshon.

Robert Nunnery | The quarterfinal spark

With Vanshik Kapadia, Robert Nunnery stamped 5th in Men’s Doubles and lit up a quarterfinal stretch by snatching the opening game from Johns/Alshon and pushing the favorites deep before they steadied to advance. Big-stage tempo, big-stage hands exactly the kind of segment that sticks after the scoreline fades.

Winners at a glance

Humidity and the event’s ball choice nudged pace down just enough to bring resets and transitions into focus—but the skill on display kept the throttle open: shoulder-high speed-ups that landed, Erne chases along the line, and crowd-lifting ATPs when angles ran out. Finals day moved fast, matches stayed competitive, and the scoreboard rarely felt safe.

• Women’s Singles: Kaitlyn Christian d. Roos van Reek; Chao Yi “Zoey” Wang (bronze)
  

• Men’s Singles: Christian Alshon d. Wong Hong-kit; Hoang Nam Ly (bronze)
  

• Women’s Doubles: Wang/Christian d. Schoeman/Townsend; Yoshitomi/Dennehy (bronze)
  

• Men’s Doubles: Tyson McGuffin/Eric Oncins d. Ben Johns/Christian Alshon; Zane Navratil/Armaan Bhatia (bronze)
  

• Mixed Doubles: Anna Bright/Ben Johns d. Kaitlyn Christian/Christian Alshon; Alix & Jonathan Truong (bronze)

After the Last Point

Kuala Lumpur didn’t just run smoothly it played big. Champions earned it with clear patterns and confident choices at full speed, and our ambassadors lived in those same moments: a singles final for van Reek, a doubles silver for Schoeman, top-five mixed for Hsieh/Yu, fifth for Nunnery/Kapadia, and seventh for Yu/Yang.

Kuala Lumpur set the pace for the months ahead; we’ll match it the same way we always do proud to stand alongside our ambassadors who raise the bar, and to put winners on the court.