Hosts Denmark secured their place in the quarterfinals of the Uber Cup in Horsens but were given a shock in the opening singles by European rivals Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 4\u20131 victory over Ukraine this evening, combined with powerhouse China\u2019s defeat of India ensured the Danish side the last eight berth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it was not the start they anticipated against Ukraine with their top ranked Line Christophersen losing 12-21, 21-19, 21-15 to upstart Polina Buhrova in the first women\u2019s singles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was the only blemish in Denmark\u2019s victory as the rest of the Danish players proved too strong and went on to secure an overall 4\u20131 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Denmark were the only European nation to advance from the group stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
T\u00fcrkiye, ended their Uber Cup campaign with a 5\u20130 win over South Africa but failed to advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later today Bulgaria and Spain will meet in the Uber Cup. Neither team can advance from the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In another match, one of the pre-tournament favourites Japan defeated Malaysia 4-1. The Japanese, surprisingly dropped the second doubles with Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi losing to Low Zi Yu-Noraqilah Maisarah 21-17, 12-21, 21-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Malaysian third singles player Goh Jin Wei withdrew injured while leading Riko Gunji 21-19, 3-4. The absence of Jin Wei in the quarter-finals will be a big blow to the Malaysian hopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n UBER CUP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Group A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Denmark beat Ukraine 4-1 <\/strong>(Line Christophersen lost to Polina Buhrova 12-21, 21-19, 21-15; Line H\u00f8jmark Kjaersfeldt bt Sofiia Lavrova 21-10, 21-9; Amalie Schulzbt Mariia Stoliarenko 21-12, 21-4; Alexandre B\u00f8je-Simona Pilgaard bt Raiia Almalalha-Anastasiia Alymova 21-6, 21-6; Amalie Cecilie Kudsk-Mette Werge bt Sofiia Lavrova-Mariia Stoliarenko 21-14, 21-10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Japan beat Malaysia 4-1 <\/strong>(Akane Yamaguchi bt Letshanaa Karupathevan 21-19, 21-17; Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto bt Ong Xin Yee-Thinaah Muralitharan 21-9, 21-9; Tomoka Miyazaki bt Wong Ling Ching 21-16, 21-13; Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi lost to Low Zi Yu-Noraqilah Maisarah 21-17, 12-21, 21-19; Riko Gunji bt Goh Jin Wei 21-19, 3-4 rtd)<\/p>\n\n\n\n T\u00fcrkiye beat South Africa 5-0 <\/strong>((Neslihan Arin bt Johanita Scholtz 21-12, 21-14; Ozge Bayrak bt Chloe Lai 21-4, 21-10; Zehra Erdem bt Elme de Villiers 21-10, 21-4; Bengisu Ercetin-Nazlican Inci bt Amy Ackerman-Johanita Scholtz 21-8, 21-5; Yaseman Bektas-Sinem Yildiz bt Elme de Villiers-Anri Schoonees 21-7, 21-7)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hosts Denmark secured their place in the quarterfinals of the Uber Cup in Horsens but were given a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12319,"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-12318","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