As expected it was a walk in the park for Malaysia against Algeria, registering an easy 5-0 win over Africans champions in their second Group D match in the Thomas Cup Finals at Impact Arena in Bangkok on Tuesday.
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In the first match on Monday, the Malaysians beat Russia 5-0. However, against the Algerians, Malaysia threw in their reserves and was still good enough for their opponents.
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Asian Junior champion Leong Jun Hao was thrilled to bits in his Thomas Cup debut after winning his match against Adel Hamek in the third singles with a 21-13, 21-8 win in 23 minutes. It was Malaysia’s third point in the tie.
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Earlier, Lee Zii Jia was moved up to first singles in place of Lee Chong Wei and the Kedahan did not disappoint. He defeated Youcef Sabri Medel 21-6, 21-13.
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Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin won his second singles match against Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi 21-7, 21-9 in 27 minutes.Ā
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Malaysia also rested their top doubles pair Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong. Instead, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik took over the job as the number one contributed the fifth point with a 21-11, 21-15 win over Abderrahime Belarbi-Adel.
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Arif Latif was paired with Teo Ee Yi as the second doubles and the duo rn out easy 21-12, 21-10 over Kceila Mammeri-Youcef Sabri for the whitewash.
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Denmark romped to an effortless 5-0 win over Russia to advance to the quarter-finals – their second 5-0 win, having beaten Algeria by the same margin on Monday.Ā – BY RIZAL ABDULLAH
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RESULTS (THOMAS CUP)
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GROUP D
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MalaysiaĀ Ā 5Ā Ā Ā AlgeriaĀ Ā 0
(Malaysia first)
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MS1: Lee Zii Jia beat Youcef Sabri Medel 21-6, 21-13
MS2: Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin beat Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi 21-7, 21-9
MS3: Leong Jun Hao beat Adel Hamek 21-13, 21-8
MD2: Arif Latif-Teo Ee Yi beat Koceila Mammeri-Youcef Sabri 21-12, 21-0
MD1: Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik beat Abderrahime Belarbi-Adel Hamek 21-11, 21-15
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DenmarkĀ Ā 5Ā Ā Ā RussiaĀ Ā 0
(Denmark first)
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MS1: Viktor Axelsen beat Vladimir Malkov 21-14, 21-3
MD1: Mads Conrad-Petersen-Mads Pieler Koding beat Vladimir Ivanov-Ivan Sozonov 21-17, 21-12
MS2: Hans-Kristian Vittinghus beat Sergey Sirant 21-17, 21-11
MD2: Kim Astrup-Anders Skarup Rasmussen beat Evgenij Dremin-Denis Grachev 21-12, 21-12
MS3: Jan O Jorgensen beat Rodion Alimov 21-6, 21-5Ā
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