Japan qualified for the quarter-finals of the Uber Cup badminton championships in Horsens, Denmark. But, the Japanese side were given a shock when they lost the opening singles before prevailing 4-1 over Turkiye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Japan, chose to rest their top singles player Akane Yamaguchi, and fielded their teen prodigy Tomoka Miyazaki as first singles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Miyazaki was stunned 21-16, 18-21, 19-21 by Neslihan Arin in a match that lasted a grueling 82-minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arin had broken away at 9-9 in the second set to claim the second. But it was from 16-18 down in the third that the Turkish shuttler went on to pound with power and snatch the opening rubber from Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aside from the early setback, Japan were far too strong in the remaining matches to confirm their place in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turkiye had given a great account of themselves in their opening tie against Malaysia on Saturday, going down 2-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Japan play Malaysia in their Group B top of the table clash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canada\u2019s women were once again combative in Group C, having lost their opening tie 2-3 to Indonesia. Last night Chinese Taipei felt the heat as the Canadians forced the contest into the fifth match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wins by Michelle Li and Catherine Choi\/Crystal Lai made it 2-2 for Canada, but with some luck it could well have been the Canadians celebrating victory. Wen Yu Zhang lost a close contest in the second singles to Lin Hsiang Ti, 21-18 in the third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally though it was Chinese Taipei who came through, thanks to Huang Yu-Hsun, who overcame Rachel Chan 21-17 21-15.<\/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 Denmark beat Sweden 4-1 <\/strong>(Anders Antonsen bt Gustav Bjorkler 21-18, 21-11; Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen bt Jesper Borgstedt-Joel Hansson 21-10, 21-8; Magnus Johannesen bt Kim Linell 21-8, 21-16; Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vetergaard lost to Ludwig Axelsson-Filip Karlborg 12-21, 14-21; Ditlev Jaeger Holm bt Romeo Makboul 21-18, 21-11) <\/p>\n\n\n\n UBER CUP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Group B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Japan beat Turkiye 4-1 <\/strong>(Tomoka Miyazaki lost to Neslihan Arin 21-16, 18-21, 19-21; Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanoshi bt Yasemen Bektas-Bengsiu Ercetin 21-13, 21-14; Riko Gunji bt Ozge Bayrak 21-4, 21-13; Arisa Igarashi-Mayu Matsumoto bt Ikra Elif Ozyigit-Sinem Yildiz 21-6, 21-7; Hina Akechi bt Zehra Erdem 21-11, 21-10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Indonesia beat Australia <\/strong>(Putri Kusuma Wardani bt Tiffany Ho 21-5, 21-10; Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan bt Faye Huo 21-11, 21-14; Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo bt Jesslyn Carrisia 21-14, 21-5; Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi-Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti bt Gronya Somerville-Angela Yu 19-21, 21-8, 21-11; Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma-Rachel Allessya Rose bt Jesslyn Carrisia-Victoria Tjonadi 21-7, 21-12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chinese Taipei beat Canada 3-2 <\/strong>(Chiu Pin-Chian lost to Michelle Li 12-21, 17-21; Hsieh Pei Shan-Hung En-Tzu bt Josephine Wu-Eliana Zhang 21-8, 21-12; Lin Hsiang Ti bt\u00a0 Wen Yu Zhang 19-21, 21-11, 21-18; Hsu Yin-Hui-Sung Yu-Hsuan lost to Catherine Choi-Crystal Lai 19-21, 21-19, 14-21; Huang Yu-Hsun bt Rachel Chan 21-17, 21-15)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Japan qualified for the quarter-finals of the Uber Cup badminton championships in Horsens, Denmark. 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