Jawairiah the heroine as Malaysia reach tennis final in China


PETALING JAYA: Jawairiah Noordin played a heroic role to help Malaysia beat hosts China 3-2 to reach the Kunming International Tennis Championship mixed team final.

Jawairiah kept Malaysia’s challenge alive in the tournament when she beat Zhu Jiayu 4-0,4-0 in the women’s singles match after the defending champions had earlier taken the first point through Wang Ruixuan who beat Shamirul Shahril 4-1,4-0.

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