Malaysia fall to China, as Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship quarter-final jinx strikes again
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — Malaysia again failed to break their quarter-final jinx in the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship when they were edged 3-2 by China’s second stringers at the Dubai Exhibition Centre in the United Arab Emirates yesterday.
But defending champions China drew level when world number 101 women’s singles shuttler Gao Fang 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. Malaysia, however, were thrown a lifeline by world number five women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah, who battled for 76 minutes to tame Liu Sheng Shu-Tan Ning 21-17, 12-21, 21-19 to make the score 2-2.
In today’s semi-finals, China will take on India, who ousted Hong Kong 3-2 in the other quarter-final tie, and South Korea will square up against Thailand.
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