Indonesia\u2019s rising men\u2019s doubles stars Raymond Indra-Nikolaus Joaquin provided the turning point as they edged Malaysia 3-2 to top Group D of the men\u2019s team competition at the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Qingdao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holders China, fielding a young squad were also stretched by Thailand before crapping through 3-2 in their Group A tie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both the other top of the table clashes also ended 32 to the winners, with Korea bating Chinese Taipei in Group B andJapan edging India in Group C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trailing 2-1 going into the do-or-die second doubles match, Raymond-Nikolaus showed their pedigree to come back from game down to pull Indonesia back in contention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pair, both 20-years-old, battled past Choong Hon Jian-Muhammad Haikal 16-21, 21-11, 21-19 in a grueling match that lasted almost an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The win paved the way for the experienced Anthony Sinisuka Ginting to deliver against unheralded Kong Wei Xiang in the deciding second doubles match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wei Xiang gave his all but just did not have the extra push as Anthony took the game that lasted just over an hour 21-17, 13-21, 21-16 and with it a morale boosting win in the group tie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both teams, however, are already through to the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, Justin Hoh gave Malaysia a dream start, defeating newly crowned Thailand Masters champion Moh Zakl Ubaidillah 21-16, 21-19 in the opening singles. It was Justin\u2019s first win over the Indonesian in three meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Justin had lost to Moh Zaki at both the Thailand Masters and the SEA Games team event last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Junaidi Arif-Yap Roy King then pulled off a stunning 21-13, 12-21, 21-13 defeat of another newly crowned Thailand Masters champions Leo Rolly Carnando-Bagas Maulana in a match that lasted 50-minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the pressure on Prahdiska Bagas Shujiwo carved out a hard-earned 21-12, 14-21, 21-15 win over Eogene Ewe to give Indonesia a lifeline in a tie that was slipping away from their hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eogene had also lost to Prahdiska in their only other meeting at the Austrian Open two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The quarter-finals will see China playing Chinese Taipei with Korea taking on India while Malaysia plays Japan and Thailand battling against Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the women\u2019s quarter-finals, China will play India, Japan against Chinese Taipei, Indonesia against Thailand and Malaysia squaring off against Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defending champions India went down 2-3 to Thailand in their second Group Y encounter conceding the top spot in the group to their opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the loss, both India and Thailand advanced to the knockout stage, with Thailand finishing as group leaders and India settling for second place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GROUP RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MEN\u2019S<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n GROUP A: <\/strong>China bt Thailand 3-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n GROUP B: <\/strong>Korea bt Chinese Taipei 3-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n GROUP C: <\/strong>Japan bt India 3-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n GROUP D: <\/strong>Indonesia bt Malaysia 3-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n WOMEN\u2019S<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n GROUP X: <\/strong>Japan bt Indonesia 3-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n GROUP Y: <\/strong>Korea bt Chinese Taipei 4-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n GROUP Z: <\/strong>Thailand bt India<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Indonesia\u2019s rising men\u2019s doubles stars Raymond Indra-Nikolaus Joaquin provided the turning point as they edged Malaysia 3-2 to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9029,"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-9028","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