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Joo-bong all smiles after Japan reach semis (pic)
Shortlived joy: Germany's Michael Fuchs celebrate after the first singles win over Japan's Hiroyuki Endo-Yoshiteru Hirobe in the quarter-finals last night.A BATTLE-weary Japan battled on to reach the Thomas Cup semi-finals for the first time after dumping Germany 3-1 last night. All-England runner-up Kenichi Tago was stretched by seasoned German singles player Marc Zwiebler before prevailing 15-21, 21-18, 21-18. Hiroyuki Endo-Yoshiteru Hirobe to…
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China And Indonesia Into Thomas Cup Semis

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12  -- Defending champion China and second seeds Indonesia booked their semifinal tickets after beating their respective opponents in the quarter-finals of the Thomas Cup badminton tournament at the Putra Stadium here Wednesday.

China will face either host Malaysia or European darkhorse Denmark, while Indonesia will square off with the winner of the Germany-Japan quarterfinal.

The two remaining quarterfinals will be played this evening.

Hunting for their eighth Thomas Cup title, China whipped South Korea 3-0 after beating the Koreans 4-1 yesterday in their final group preliminary.

Beijing Olympics gold medallist Lin Dan opened accounts for China, beating Park Sung Hwan 21-16, 21-15 before doubles Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng widened the lead by defeating Jung Jae Sung and Shin Baek Choel 21-11, 21-16.

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Coach Rashid confident our boys can bounce back against Denmark

A WOUNDED Malaysia will be out to make amends when they take on third seeds Denmark in the quarter-finals tomorrow.

And if they win, they will have to face the hot favourites and defending champions China in the semi-finals.

Malaysia had to deal with a tough draw yesterday after the hosts went down to a 2-3 defeat to Japan in the final Group B tie.

The defeat saw Malaysia losing an opportunity to be one of the four seeded teams in the quarter-finals.

If they had won, they would have met the seeded teams only in the semi-finals.

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Russia to face S.Korea in badminton Uber Cup (pic)
Russia's Olga Golovanova (top) seen in action against Japan's Ai Goto at the Uber Cup badminton championshipsKUALA LUMPUR — Russia's top woman shuttler Ella Diehl will lead her country in the quarter-finals of the elite Uber Cup on Wednesday but is predicting defeat as they take on the mighty South Korea. "Taking Russia into the Uber Cup quarter-finals is already an achievement in itself,&q…
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Lee Chong Wei appeals to Malaysia fans for calm ahead of crunch Thomas Cup match (pic)
Top man: Lee Chong Wei has appealed for crowd calmLee Chong Wei, Malaysia's revered badminton team captain, has appealed to the nation's passionate fans for calm ahead of the host's crunch Thomas Cup quarter-final tie against Denmark. Malaysia go into the quarter finals without having won a match, after being awarded a walkover when Ni…
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