KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia again failed to break their quarter-final jinx in the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship (BAMTC) when they were edged 3-2 by China\u2019s second stringers at the Dubai Exhibition Centre in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday.
\nMalaysia got off to a great start when\u00a0top men\u2019s singles player Lee Zii Jia scored the first point by defeating Lei Lan Xi 21-16, 22-20.
\nBut defending champions China drew level when world number 101 women\u2019s singles shuttler\u00a0Gao\u00a0Fang Jie fought back from a game down to stun two-time world junior champion Goh Jin Wei 15-21, 21-13, 21-19 after a titanic 70-minute battle.
\nChina then went 2-1 ahead when He Ji Ting-Zhou Hao Dong\u00a0edged Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi 24-22, 21-18 in men\u2019s doubles.
\nMalaysia, however, were thrown a lifeline by world number five women\u2019s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah, who battled for 76 minutes to tame Liu Sheng Shu-Tan Ning\u00a021-17, 12-21, 21-19 to make the score 2-2.
\nBut China, despite playing without their top stars, were not to be denied as they clinched the winning point courtesy of world number 110 Feng Yan Zhe-Huang Dong Ping\u2019s\u00a0stunning\u00a021-15, 25-23 win over Malaysia\u2019s world number\u00a0six Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing in mixed doubles.
\nIn today\u2019s semi-finals, China will take on India, who ousted Hong Kong 3-2 in the other quarter-final tie, and\u00a0South Korea will square up against Thailand.
\nThe four semi-finalists have earned automatic spots in the 2023 Sudirman Cup to be held in Suzhou, China from May 14-21.
\nMalaysia had earlier finished as Group B runners-up after losing to Thomas Cup champions India 4-1 on Thursday (Feb 16), having started their campaign with 5-0 victories over hosts the UAE and Kazakhstan.
\nMalaysia have never gone past the quarter-finals in the BAMTC, having crashed out the last eight in the first edition in 2017 in Hanoi, Vietnam and the 2019 edition in Hong Kong.
\nThe 2021 edition in Wuhan, China was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
\n— BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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