CHENGDU: A young Malaysian team were given a harsh lesson when they were blown away 0-5 by Thailand in their second Group B match in the Uber Cup Finals.
National No. 2 and world No. 68 K. Letshanaa (pic) was fielded instead of No. 1 Goh Jin Wei in the first singles and the former went down 17-21, 6-21 to world No. 16 Supanida Katethong.
In the second doubles, scratch pair Teoh Mei Xing-Go Pei Kee tried to fight back but found the going tough against world No. 10 Jongkolphan Kitithararul-Rawinda Prajongjai and lost 10-21, 14-21.
World No. 81 Wong Ling Ching then had to win to save the tie but fell 11-21, 15-21 to world No. 19 Pornpawee Chochuwong.
Scratch pair Tan Zhing Yi-Chan Wen Tse then lost out 12-21, 8-21 to Laksika Kanlaha-Phataimas Muenwong in the second doubles while Siti Nurshuhaini Azman suffered a 5-21, 8-21 defeat to Busanan Ongbamrungphan.
Captain Mei Xing was left visibly disappointed after the loss.
“We gave everything in the match but we could not win,” lamented Mei Xing.
“We are disappointed and we want to bounce back in our next match against Australia (tomorrow).”
It was a second consecutive defeat for the team after going down 1-4 to Taiwan in their opening match.
Malaysia have failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. Malaysia last made it into the last eight in the team meet in the 2010 edition at home in Kuala Lumpur.
RESULTS
THOMAS CUP FINALS
Group B: Taiwan bt Czech Republic 4-1; Japan bt Germany 5-0.
Group C: Indonesia bt Thailand 4-1; India bt England 5-0.
UBER CUP FINALS
Group B: Thailand bt Malaysia 5-0 (Supanida Katethong bt K. Letshanaa 21-17, 21-6; Jongkolphan Kititharakul-Rawinda Prajongjai bt Teoh Mei Xing-Go Pei Kee 21-10, 21-14; Pornpawee Chochuwong bt Wong Ling Ching 21-11, 21-15; Laksika Kanlaha-Phataimas Muenwong bt Tan Zhing Yi-Chan WenTse 21-12, 21-8; Busanan Ongbamrungphan bt Siti Nurshuhaini Azman 21-8, 21-8); Taiwan bt Australia 4-1.
Group C:Japan bt Hong Kong 5-0; Indonesia bt Uganda 5-0.
TODAY
THOMAS CUP FINALS
Group D
MALAYSIA vs DENMARK (5pm)
TOMORROW
UBER CUP FINALS
MALAYSIA vs AUSTRALIA (9.30am)
