Malaysia toiled to a 3-2 win over T\u00fcrkiye in their opening Group B Uber Cup tie in Horsens Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Low Zi Yu-Noraqilah Maisarah saved the blushes for the out sorts Malaysians, clinching the winning point by defeating Yaseman Bektas-Zehra Erdem 21-18, 21-19 in the second doubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pair almost threw it away after leading 20-16 in the second game, only to see the Turkish pair saving three match points. There was no saying what could have happened if Yaseman-Zehra had forced the decider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, 32-year-old Turkish number one Neslihan was outlasted by a player ten years her junior Letshanaa Karupathevan in the first singles. Ranked four rungs above the Malaysian lass, Neslihan surrendered the match 16-21, 21-13, 13-21 after a battle that lasted almost an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turkish number two, Ozge Bayrak defied her age and much lower rankings to stun Wong Ling Ching to level the tie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 34-year-old ranked 78th<\/sup>, relied on her experience to upstage her 22-year-old opponents who was ranked 40 rungs above her at 38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ozge won the grueling 67-minute match 21-17, 15-21, 21-18 putting the pressure on the Malaysians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Former world junior champion and Youth Olympics champion Goh Jin Wei, showed that her long battle with injuries has not dampened her desire to excel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 26-year-old Jin Wei cruised to a 21-14, 21-13 win in just 31-minutes over unheralded Zehra Erdem in the second singles and restore Malaysia\u2019s lead at 2-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thinaah Muralitharan was paired off with Ong Xin Yee in the crucial first double tie after her regular partner Pearly Tan withdrew from the squad due to an injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the pairing were given a rude awakening by the Turkish pairing of Bengisu Ercetin-Nazlican Inci. Bengisu-Nazlican overcame a close first game defeat to pull their side back level at 2-2, winning the 69-minute match 20-22, 21-19, 21-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zi Yu-Noraqilah ensured a face-saving win in the second doubles for Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Japan showed the vast class difference between them and South Africa with an effortless 5-0 win in their opening Group B tie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n None of the south African players were even able to collect 10 points in any of the games they conceded. But it was the 21-2, 21-2 demolition of second singles Chloe Lai by Japan\u2019s Riko Gunji that exemplified their domination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Thomas Cup, Chinese Taipei cruised to a 5-0 win over Sweden in Group C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n THOMAS CUP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Group C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chinese Taipei bt Sweden 5-0 <\/strong>(Chou Tien Chen bt Gustav Bjorkler 21-11, 18-21, 21-19; Chiu Hsiang Chieh-Wang Chi-Lin bt Mio Molin-Max Svensson 21-17, 21-11; Chi Yu Jen bt Kim Linell 21-7, 21-11; Liu Kuang Heng-Yang Po-Hsuan bt Ludwig Axelsson-Filip Karlborg 21-15, 21-16; Lee Chia Hao bt Romeo Makboul 21-9, 21-15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n UBER CUP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Group B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Malaysia T\u00fcrkiye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Letshanaa Karupathevan bt Neslihan Arin 21-16, 13-21, 21-13; Wong Ling Ching lost to Ozge Bayrak 17-21, 21-15, 18-21; Goh Jin Wei bt Zehra Erdem 21-14, 21-13; Ong Xin Yee-Thinaah Muralitharan lost to Bengisu Ercetin-Nazlican Inci 22-20, 19-21, 19-21; Low Zi Yu-Noraqilah Maisarah bt Yaseman Bektas-Zehra Erdem 21-18, 21-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n Japan beat South Africa 5-0 <\/strong>(Akane Yamaguchi bt Johanita Scholtz 21-7, 21-10; Riko Gunji bt Chloe Lai 21-2, 21-2; Hina Akechi bt Elme de Villiers 21-7, 21-9; Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi bt Amy Ackerman-Johanita Scholtz 21-8, 21-4; Yuki Fukushima-Arisa Igarashi Elme de Villiers-Anri Schoonees 21-5, 21-6)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Malaysia toiled to a 3-2 win over T\u00fcrkiye in their opening Group B Uber Cup tie in Horsens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-12151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-badminton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t