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XIAMEN: Hosts and defending champions China booked their place in badminton’s Sudirman Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 win over Malaysia today, while Japan also advanced after beating Taiwan in the quarter-finals by the same score.
The biennial mixed team championship saw a rematch between world No 4 mixed doubles pair Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei from Malaysia and China’s Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping.
While the Malaysian pair won at the Paris Games, they couldn’t repeat the feat as they went down 21-17, 21-17 in the opener.
Malaysia’s Leong Jun Hao, facing world No 1 Shi Yu Qi for the first time, was outclassed 21-6, 21-14 in the men’s singles.
Compatriot Karupathevan Letshanaa later suffered a 21-8, 21-7 loss to Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei in the women’s singles.
With the result sealed in just under two hours, the men’s and women’s doubles were not contested.
Malaysia, who claimed bronze in the last two editions, have now lost all of their five Sudirman Cup meetings to date against 13-time champions China.
Japan took three hours to defeat Taiwan 3-0.
Hiroki Midorikawa and Arisa Igarashi breezed past Ye Hong Wei and Hu Ling Fang 21-18, 21-18 in the mixed doubles.
World No 16 Koki Watanabe overcame seventh-ranked Chou Tien Chen 21-13, 20-22, 21-14 in the men’s singles, and world No 4 Akane Yamaguchi beat Wei Chi Hsu 21-9, 17-21, 21-18 in the women’s singles to seal Japan’s sixth straight semi-final appearance.
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Japan’s Koki Watanabe won his men’s singles match 21-13, 20-22, 21-14. (AFP pic)
XIAMEN: Hosts and defending champions China booked their place in badminton’s Sudirman Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 win over Malaysia today, while Japan also advanced after beating Taiwan in the quarter-finals by the same score.
The biennial mixed team championship saw a rematch between world No 4 mixed doubles pair Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei from Malaysia and China’s Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping.
While the Malaysian pair won at the Paris Games, they couldn’t repeat the feat as they went down 21-17, 21-17 in the opener.
Malaysia’s Leong Jun Hao, facing world No 1 Shi Yu Qi for the first time, was outclassed 21-6, 21-14 in the men’s singles.
Compatriot Karupathevan Letshanaa later suffered a 21-8, 21-7 loss to Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei in the women’s singles.
With the result sealed in just under two hours, the men’s and women’s doubles were not contested.
Malaysia, who claimed bronze in the last two editions, have now lost all of their five Sudirman Cup meetings to date against 13-time champions China.
Japan took three hours to defeat Taiwan 3-0.
Hiroki Midorikawa and Arisa Igarashi breezed past Ye Hong Wei and Hu Ling Fang 21-18, 21-18 in the mixed doubles.
World No 16 Koki Watanabe overcame seventh-ranked Chou Tien Chen 21-13, 20-22, 21-14 in the men’s singles, and world No 4 Akane Yamaguchi beat Wei Chi Hsu 21-9, 17-21, 21-18 in the women’s singles to seal Japan’s sixth straight semi-final appearance.
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