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February 20, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 (Bernama) -- Despite resting world number two Lee Chong Wei, the Malaysian team had enough fire power to whip Cambodia 5-0 and register their second straight win in the Thomas Cup Asian Zone Qualifiers on Wednesday at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Malaysia who beat the Philippines 5-0 in the morning, decided to rest Chong Wei and promoted veteran Wong Choong Hann to first singles while Hafiz Hashim and Abdul Latif Mohd Arif played the second and third singles respectively.
The trio did not disappoint when they strolled past their opponents, all in straight games with Choong Hann beating Sophorn Nuon 21-8, 21-9 while Hafiz swept aside Vaesna Troeng 21-4, 21-5 before Abdul Latif came on board to sweep aside Vannak Taev Yong 21-8, 21-7.
The Malaysian team also gave seasoned doubles pair Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah who played in the morning, a break and played Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif in the second doubles while Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong took charge of the first doubles.
Kean Keat/Boon Heong hardly broke any sweat in their 21-1, 21-6 win over Sophorn/Chanbol Chea Bun and Mohd Fairuzizuan/Mohd Zakry also spent little time on court after packing off Vaesna Troeng/Vannak Taev Yong 21-5, 21-3. --MORE Sports-Badminton 2 (last) Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia will play Taiwan tomorrow in a match that will determine the team that top Group A as both have two wins from two matches. Taiwan who beat Cambodia 5-0 in the morning scored a similar victory against the Philippines in another match played in the evening.
The Thomas and Uber Cup Asian Zone Qualifiers in Vietnam features 14 teams in the Thomas Cup and 11 teams in the Uber Cup.
From the 14, four teams will qualify for the Thomas Cup finals in Jakarta from May 11-18 while three teams qualify from the Asian Zone for the Uber Cup.
The fourth placed team in Vietnam will have to rank higher than the fourth placed team that played in the European Zone Qualifiers when the Badminton World Federation (BWF) release their ranking list, to make the cut for Jakarta.
Meanwhile, the Malaysian Uber Cup team will also see action tomorrow against India.
February 20, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 (Bernama) -- Despite resting world number two Lee Chong Wei, the Malaysian team had enough fire power to whip Cambodia 5-0 and register their second straight win in the Thomas Cup Asian Zone Qualifiers on Wednesday at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Malaysia who beat the Philippines 5-0 in the morning, decided to rest Chong Wei and promoted veteran Wong Choong Hann to first singles while Hafiz Hashim and Abdul Latif Mohd Arif played the second and third singles respectively.
The trio did not disappoint when they strolled past their opponents, all in straight games with Choong Hann beating Sophorn Nuon 21-8, 21-9 while Hafiz swept aside Vaesna Troeng 21-4, 21-5 before Abdul Latif came on board to sweep aside Vannak Taev Yong 21-8, 21-7.
The Malaysian team also gave seasoned doubles pair Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah who played in the morning, a break and played Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari/Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif in the second doubles while Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong took charge of the first doubles.
Kean Keat/Boon Heong hardly broke any sweat in their 21-1, 21-6 win over Sophorn/Chanbol Chea Bun and Mohd Fairuzizuan/Mohd Zakry also spent little time on court after packing off Vaesna Troeng/Vannak Taev Yong 21-5, 21-3. --MORE Sports-Badminton 2 (last) Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia will play Taiwan tomorrow in a match that will determine the team that top Group A as both have two wins from two matches. Taiwan who beat Cambodia 5-0 in the morning scored a similar victory against the Philippines in another match played in the evening.
The Thomas and Uber Cup Asian Zone Qualifiers in Vietnam features 14 teams in the Thomas Cup and 11 teams in the Uber Cup.
From the 14, four teams will qualify for the Thomas Cup finals in Jakarta from May 11-18 while three teams qualify from the Asian Zone for the Uber Cup.
The fourth placed team in Vietnam will have to rank higher than the fourth placed team that played in the European Zone Qualifiers when the Badminton World Federation (BWF) release their ranking list, to make the cut for Jakarta.
Meanwhile, the Malaysian Uber Cup team will also see action tomorrow against India.
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